The barber of Seville : Il barbiere di Siviglia : melodramma buffa in two acts /

Figaro, the title character, is a matchmaker and man about town as well as a barber. He devises a way to get Rosina to marry Almaviva instead of her guardian, to whom she is already engaged. Taken from performances in July 2009 at London's Royal Opera House, this DVD sees Joyce DiDonato perform...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England) (Producer, Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus (Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra (Performer), Virgin Classics (Firm)
Other Authors:	Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831 (Librettist), Pappano, Antonio, 1959- (Conductor), Brauner, Patricia, Whitaker, Frances (Producer), Stevens, David (Director), DiDonato, Joyce (Performer), Flórez, Juan Diego, 1973- (Performer), Spagnoli, Pietro (Performer), Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian; menu and commentaries in English with optional English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.
Published:	[England] : Virgin Classics, [2010]
Series:	Opera on DVD
Subjects:	Operas. Figaro (Fictitious character) > Drama. Dating services > Spain > Seville > Drama. Filmed operas. Televised operas. Feature films. Nonfiction films.