Program Type:
Arts and CultureAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
The premiere of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere de Siviglia” ranks amongst the great operatic fiascos in music history. Mishaps on stage provoked laughter in the audience and a cabal organized by admirers of an opera based on the same subject by another composer led to boo’s, hisses and catcalls. Rossini, who conducted the premiere, refused to return to the theatre for the next performance. Despite such an inauspicious debut, “Il Barbiere” is now considered one of the great Italian comic operas.
Jeffrey Engel will detail the background history of “Il Barbiere” and play excerpts from it.
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