![]() ![]() Bartolo demands that the Officer arrest the "drunken soldier". Finally, the noise attracts the attention of the Officer of the Watch and his troops, who crowd into the room. Basilio enters then Figaro, who warns that the noise of the argument is rousing the whole neighborhood. Bartolo suspiciously demands to know what is in the piece of paper in Rosina's hands, but she fools him by handing over her laundry list. While Bartolo searches his cluttered desk for the official document which would prove his exemption, Almaviva whispers to Rosina that he is Lindoro in disguise, and passes a love-letter to her. ![]() Almaviva pretends to be too drunk and belligerent to understand, and dares Bartolo to brawl. Bartolo tells the "soldier" that he (Bartolo) has an official exemption which excuses him from the requirement to quarter soldiers in his home. In fear of the drunken man, Berta the housekeeper rushes to Bartolo for protection. The original French play, Le Barbier de Séville, had a similar story: poorly received at first, only to become a favorite within a week.Ĭount Almaviva, disguised as a soldier and pretending to be drunk, enters the house and demands to be quartered there. The second performance, however, was successful. In particular, Paisiello and his followers were opposed to the use of basso buffo, which is common in comic opera. Paisiello had already composed The Barber of Seville and took Rossini's new version to be an affront to his version. Furthermore, many of the audience were supporters of one of Rossini's rivals, the veteran Giovanni Paisiello, who played on mob mentality to provoke the rest of the audience to dislike the opera. The premiere of Rossini's opera at the Teatro Argentina in Rome (20 February 1816) was a disaster: the audience hissed and jeered throughout, and several on-stage accidents occurred. However, her fee was too high and in the end they settled on Geltrude Righetti. ![]() Luigi Zamboni, for whom Rossini wrote the role of Figaro, had urged Rossini and Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, the cash-strapped impresario of the Teatro Argentina, to engage his sister-in-law, Elisabetta Gafforini, as Rosina. Figaro, con la chitarra appesa al collo e detto, nascosto ![]()
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