Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Publisher
EuroArts Music
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
Italiano
Description
The action occupies a single day, is set in Seville, and revolves around the devious efforts of the young Count Almaviva, aided by Figaro, the barber of Seville, to woo and marry Rosina, the ward of old Dr. Bartolo, who intends to wed the girl himself to acquire her dowry. After a hilarious series of machinations the couple succeed in marrying against Bartolo's wishes.
Publisher
Virgin Classics
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Italiano
Description
Figaro, the title character, is a matchmaker and man about town as well as a barber. He devises a way to get Rosina to marry Almaviva instead of her guardian, to whom she is already engaged. Taken from performances in July 2009 at London's Royal Opera House, this DVD sees Joyce DiDonato perform her role in a wheelchair after she broke her fibula during an earlier show.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999], c1992
Language
Italiano
Description
For his first opera production, Dario Fo, the theater director known for his brilliant wit, chose to stage Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Netherlands Opera. First mounted in 1987, it was a huge success, and a live recording of its revival has been made.
40) Axur, re d'Ormus
Author
Series
Publisher
Nuova Era Internazionale
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
Italiano