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''[[Le Barbier de Seville]]'' is a French operatic musical comedy in 4 acts by by P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais, with music by Rossini
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''[[Le Barbier de Seville]]'' is the common title used to refer to ''[[Il Barbiere di Siviglia]]'', the famous opera by Gioachino Rossini. However, it can also refer to the original four act comedy ''[[Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile]]'' by Beaumarchais, on which the opera is based.
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'''See ''[[Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile]]'''''
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''[[Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile]]'' is a comedy in four acts by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (usually referred to simply as "Beaumarchais", 1732-1799)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Augustin_Caron_de_Beaumarchais]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Published in 1775 .  
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Written as the first of a trilogy of plays entitled ''[[Le Roman de la Famille Almaviva]]'', with the others being ''Le Mariage de Figaro'' (1778) and ''L'Autre Tartuffe ou La Mère coupable'' (1792).
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First performed in Paris on 23 and 25 February, 1775 at the Comédie-Française and was published by Ruault, Paris, in the same year.  
  
  
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Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Barbier van Seville, of De Onnutte Voorzorg]]'', published in 1793.
 
Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De Barbier van Seville, of De Onnutte Voorzorg]]'', published in 1793.
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It was twice adapted into an opera:
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''[[Il Barbiere di Siviglia]]''  by Gioachino Rossini.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 05:34, 18 March 2016

Le Barbier de Seville is the common title used to refer to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the famous opera by Gioachino Rossini. However, it can also refer to the original four act comedy Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile by Beaumarchais, on which the opera is based.

See Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile


Le Barbier de Seville, ou la Précaution Inutile is a comedy in four acts by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (usually referred to simply as "Beaumarchais", 1732-1799)[1]

The original text

Written as the first of a trilogy of plays entitled Le Roman de la Famille Almaviva, with the others being Le Mariage de Figaro (1778) and L'Autre Tartuffe ou La Mère coupable (1792).

First performed in Paris on 23 and 25 February, 1775 at the Comédie-Française and was published by Ruault, Paris, in the same year.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch as De Barbier van Seville, of De Onnutte Voorzorg, published in 1793.

It was twice adapted into an opera:



Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini.


Performance history in South Africa

Sources

http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0019.php

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 279


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