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Paisiello

[pahy-zyel-law]

noun

  1. Giovanni 1741–1816, Italian composer.



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Opera lovers already know most of them intimately — from Mozart and Rossini, and perhaps also from settings by Giovanni Paisiello and Marcos Portugal, which On Site Opera presented in past seasons as part of its trilogy of off-the-beaten-path Beaumarchais adaptations.

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This was not Rossini’s eternally popular 1816 opera, however, but Giovanni Paisiello’s version, first performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1782.

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Paisiello’s “Barber” has been pushed off the boards by Rossini’s staple.

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Paisiello gave Bartolo’s two servants meaty roles, sung with flair by the baritone Benjamin Bloomfield and the soprano Jessica Rose Futran.

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No, not the famous one by Rossini, but Giovanni Paisiello’s take on the Beaumarchais play.

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