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Topic: Il Barbiere di Siviglia


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  Gioacchino_Rossini
In Il barbiere di Siviglia, produced in the beginning of the next year in Rome, the libretto, a version of Beaumarchais' Barbier de Seville by Sterbini, was the same as that already used by Giovanni Paisiello in his own Barbiere, an opera which had enjoyed European popularity for more than a quarter of a century.
Almaviva (or L'inutile precauzione or Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)) - 1816
Otello (or Il moro di Venezia) - 1816
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 CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph died shortly afterwards, but Mozart's hope of being appointed by Leopold II Kapellmeister in place of Salieri was not fulfilled.
In 1791 he was approached by the actor-manager Schikaneder with a view to composing a fairy-tale opera on a lib.
He was buried in accordance with the Emperor Joseph II's regulations, with others who had died at the same time, and the location of his grave remains unknown.
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