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• Barber of Seville, The
  Barber of Seville, The

  noun

  a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
• The Barber of Seville
  The Barber of Seville

  An opera by Gioacchino Rossini. The title character is Figaro, a master schemer. By his trickery, he helps his former master, a nobleman, win the hand of a beautiful woman.

Barber of Seville, The

American  

noun

1. Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.

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The Barber of Seville Cultural  

1. An opera by Gioacchino Rossini. The title character is Figaro, a master schemer. By his trickery, he helps his former master, a nobleman, win the hand of a beautiful woman.

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The Barber of Seville

The replacement of the two shows with "The Barber of Seville" and "Spartacus", two longstanding staples of the Bolshoi's repertoire, drew hundreds of mostly critical online comments from ticketholders.

From Reuters ● May 2, 2022

The company then doubled back to the beginning of the saga with Rossini's "The Barber of Seville."

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2015

An abridged English-language version of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" opens Dec. 18, targeted for families during the holiday season.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2012

The title begs inevitable comparisons with The Barber of Seville – and, as in Rossini's opera, the plot involves a jack-of-all-trades coiffeur and a pair of thwarted lovers.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2010

Among his writings were plays that would later become famous operas, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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