The Barber of Seville
Commedia in two acts
Libretto
Cesare Sterbini after the play by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Baumarchais
Premiere
20 February 1816, Rome (Teatro Argentina)
Cast
COUNT OF ALMAVIVA (tenor)
BARTOLO (bass)
ROSINA (mezzo-soprano)
FIGARO (baritone)
BASILIO (bass)
BERTA (soprano)
FIORELLO (baritone)
AMBROGIO (bass)
OFFICIAL (bass)
NOTARY (silent)
CHORUS
policemen, soldiers, musicians
Place
Sevilla, Spain
Time
In the middle of the 18th century