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Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) HISTORY Premiere February 20, 1816, at Teatro Argentina, Rome, with the following cast: Rosina, Geltrude Righetti-Giorgi; Almaviva, Manuel García; Figaro, Luigi Zamboni; Dr. Bartolo, Bartolomeo Botticelli; Don Basilio, Zenobio Vitarelli. Last Performed By Washington National Opera December 2000 – January 2001, conducted by Manuel Valdivieso and directed by Leon Major, with the following cast: Rosina, Angeles Blancas; Almaviva, Joseph Calleja and Corey Evan Rotz; Figaro, Alfredo Daza and Vittorio Vitelli; Doctor Bartolo, William Parcher and Valentin Vasiliu; Don Basilio, Rosendo Flores and Philip Skinner. Additional Operas and Works Demetrio e Polibio , 1812; Teatro Valle, Rome La cambiale di matrimonio, 1810; Teatro San Moisè, Venice L’equivoco stravagante, 1811; Teatro del Corso, Bologna L’inganno felice, 1812; Teatro San Moisè, Venice Ciro in Babilonia, o sia La caduta di Baldassare, 1812; Teatro Comunale, Ferrara La scala di seta, 1812; Teatro San Moisè, Venice La pietra del paragone, 1812; Teatro alla Scala, Milan L’occasione fa il ladro, ossia Il cambio della valigia, 1812; Teatro San Moisè, Venice Il Signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo, 1813; Teatro San Moisè, Venice Tancredi, 1813; Teatro La Fenice, Venice L’italiana in Algeri, 1813; Teatro San Benedetto, Venice Aureliano in Palmira, 1813; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Il turco in Italia, 1814; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Sigismondo, 1814; Teatro La Fenice, Venice Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra, 1815; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Torvaldo e Dorliska, 1815; Teatro Valle, Rome Almaviva, o sia L’inutile precauzione, 1816; Teatro Argentina, Rome Known as Il barbiere di Siviglia La gazzetta, ossia Il matrimonio per concorso, 1816; Teatro de’ Fiorentini, Naples Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia, 1816; Teatro del Fondo, Naples La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo , 1817; Teatro Valle, Rome La gazza ladra, 1817; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Armida, 1817; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Adelaide di Borgogna, ossia Ottone, re d’Italia, 1817; Teatro Argentina, Rome Mosè in Egitto, 1818; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Adina, o Il califfo di Bagdad, 1826; Real Theatro de S. Carlos, Lisbon Washington National Opera www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA Ricciardo e Zoraide, 1818; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Ermione, 1819; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Eduardo e Cristina, 1819; Teatro San Benedetto, Venice La donna del lago, 1819; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Bianca e Falliero, o sia Il consiglio dei tre, 1819; Teatro alla Scala, Milan Maometto secondo, 1820; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Matilde Shabran, o sia Bellezza e Cuor di Ferro, 1821; Teatro Apollo, Rome Known as Matilde di Shabran Zelmira, 1822; Teatro San Carlo, Naples Semiramide, 1823; Teatro La Fenice, Venice Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L’albergo del giglio d’oro, 1825; Théâtre Italien, Paris Le Siège de Corinthe, 1826; Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris [rev of Maometto II ] Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge, 1827; Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris [rev of Mosè in Egitto] Washington National Opera www.dc-opera.org 202.295.2400 · 800.US.OPERA .

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