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The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione [il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne]) is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini.
Also he was a member of the Los Angeles Opera Company, with whom he performed in The Barber of Seville on 1 September 1947. [16] He also performed with a vocal ensemble called The Serenaders, consisting of Shutorev as a Baritone, a Mezzo-soprano who also accompanied the group on the piano, a Soprano and a Bass. [17]
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In 2016, Meachem won a Grammy for Los Angeles Opera's Ghosts of Versailles as Figaro. [8] Also in 2016, Meachem was voted as the inaugural Emerging Star by San Francisco Opera. [9] [10] In 2021, Meachem performed the role of Figaro in an abridged English-language adaptation of The Barber of Seville for the San Francisco Opera.
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution [1] (French: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as an opéra comique , and was rejected as such in 1772 by the Comédie-Italienne .
Largo al factotum" (Make way for the factotum) is an aria (cavatina) from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, sung at the first entrance of the title character, Figaro. The repeated "Figaro"s before the final patter section are an icon in popular culture of operatic singing.
In September 1947 Cotlow performed the role of Rosina in The Barber of Seville at Philharmonic Auditorium with the American Opera Company of Los Angeles. [15] She performed that same role on tour with the Charles L. Wagner Opera Company with baritone Andrew Gainey as Almaviva in 1948. [16]
Figaro in The Barber of Seville [5] Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos [26] Schaunard in La bohème [27] Silvio in Pagliacci [28] Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande [29] Papageno in Die Zauberflöte [30] Andrej in Drei Schwestern [31] Ramiro in L'heure espagnole [32] Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas [33]