The online opera guide to IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Synopsis)
Get to know the Synopsis of the opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Gioacchino Rossini. In a 4-minute film you will watch the most important actions. Enriched with role descriptions and informative illustrations.
The Synopsis of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA in 4 minutes
Relationship diagram in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA of main roles
The blogpost to this opera
Go to the blogpost about the barbiere with interesting facts and great YouTube Videos.
The written Synopsis of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
The roles
Almaviva, Count Almaviva wealthy nobleman
Rosina, ward of stepfather Don Bartolo
Don Bartolo, stepfather of Rosina
Don Basilio, friend of Bartolo and music teacher of Rosina
Figaro, Barber and counsellor to Almaviva
Synopsis
Count Almaviva comes to Seville to see Rosina, the woman he loves. Each day he sings her a serenade in front of the balcony. Rosina is an orphan, her guardian Dr. Bartolo hopes to marry her one day because she will inherit richly. Almaviva hires Figaro to help him outwit Bartolo. Almaviva calls himself Lindoro and Rosina enthusiastically writes him a love letter. The music teacher Basilio warns Dr. Bartolo that Lindoro is in reality Count Almaviva. So Almaviva muss disguise to talk to Rosina. Almaviva dresses himself as a soldier in quest of quarter, but this fails miserably with a huge hullabaloo.
In a second attempt Almaviva pretends to be a music teacher. Bartolo lets him in and during the “lessons”, which Bartolo observes with closely, the right music teacher Don Basilio arrives and Almaviva succeeds with some money to silence Don Basilio. In an inattentive minute of Bartolo, Figaro can steal the key to the balcony and Almaviva can reveal his identity to Rosina and they decide to marry that night. But despite Figaro’s precautions, Bartolo could hear the conversation. When the music teacher is gone, Bartolo tells Rosina an invented story about the count’s infidelity. He leaves to get police and tells Basilio to get the notary to arrange a quick wedding. After a series of mix-ups and, of course, a huge hullabaloo, the notary marries Rosina to Almaviva, who had entered by the balcony. Bartolo’s disappointment quickly passes when Almaviva leaves him the dowry of Rosina.
The top 5 highlights of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Ecco ridente in cielo (1) - Florez
Largo al factotum - Hvorostovski
La calumnia è un venticello - Montarsolo
Ah il più lieto il più felice - Florez / Pappano
Ma signor…zitto tu - Allen / Baltsa / Araiza / Marriner
Peter Lutz, opera-inside, the online opera guide to IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Synopsis
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