The Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville is a theatre play by Beaumarchais, written in 1775, and originally entitled Le Barbier de Séville in French. A comic opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini was founded on Beaumarchais' comedy by Cesare Sterbini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Italian. An opera based on Beaumarchais's play has been previously composed by Giovanni Paisiello, Nicholas Isouard. Though the work of Paisiello triumphed for a time. Rossinii's later version alone has stood the test of time and has been the main­stay of the operatic repertoire, since its introduction at Rome in 1816.

References

Plot taken from The Opera Goer's Complete Guide by Leo Melitz, 1921 version.

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The Barber of Seville is used in a popular analogy of the Barber paradox.

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