The Barber of Seville | Media Adaptations
The Barber of Seville was adapted to a fouract opera, Il barbiere de Saviglia, in 1782. Giovanni Paisiello wrote the music, and Giuseppe Petrosellini wrote the libretto. A three-act comica opera, also entitled Il barbiere de Saviglia, was performed in 1816, with music composed by Gioacchino Rossini and a libretto written by Cesare Sterbine. While it was initially unfavorably received, partially because Paisiello’s opera was so popular, it has since been recognized as one of Rossini’s masterpieces. Numerous recordings of it are available. By the early twentieth century,...
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