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ROSSINI – Finale from the opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ – FOUR CELLOS

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The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L’inutile precauzione) is an opera buffa (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais’s French comedy The Barber of Seville (1775). The premiere of Rossini’s opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L’inutile precauzione) took place on 20th February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, with designs by Angelo Toselli.

Rossini’s Barber of Seville is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all “opere buffe”. After two centuries, it remains a popular work.

The finale of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is a chaotic and jubilant scene where Count Almaviva, having revealed himself to Rosina, organizes a hurried marriage with the help of Figaro. A storm rages as Figaro brings in a notary and bribes Basilio to conduct the wedding. Just as Dr. Bartolo arrives to stop the ceremony, it is completed, and he is forced to accept the union, blessing the newly married couple in a final, frothy ensemble.

Movements or sections:
marked ‘Allegretto’

Instrumentation:
QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS
Arranged by David Johnstone

3 PDFs: 1] – Cellos 1 and 2 2] – Cellos 3 and 4 3] – General score

Approximate difficulty:
Difficult

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
Carlos Frutuoso

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