Title page of the original libretto of The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini (1816) SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Una voce poco fa - Once a voice by G. Rossini. Music for a nation: American sheet music, 1870-1885. San Francisco: Gray's Music Stores, 1873. Library of Congress. Music Division. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Portrait of Gioachino Rossini by Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1844) Source: OperaGlass SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Gioachino Rossini, 1855-1857 photographed by Nadar [Gaspard Félix Tournachon] (1820-1910) Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum via Google Art Project SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Gioachino Rossini, 1862. photographed by Étienne Carjat (1829-1906) SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Caricature of Rossini by H. Mailly on the cover of Le Hanneton, July 4, 1867 SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Illustration of Beaumarchais' The Barber of Seville. Le Barbier de Séville (Paris : Dentu) 1884 Barberʼs origins in the commedia dell'arte are shown in this picture which portrays Figaro dressed in the costume and mask of Harlequin. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Commedia dell'arte characters by Maurice Sand (1823-1889) from Masques et bouffons; Comedie Italienne.1862. http://archive.org/details/masquesetbouffon01sanduoft SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Title card from “The Barber of Seville” featuring Woody Woodpecker (Universal Pictures 1944) Title card from “The Rabbit of Seville” featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd (Warner Brothers 1949) SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Education Materials THE BARBER OF SEVILLE .