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But taken on its own merits, Paisiello produced a first-rate work, a true little gem of an opera that deserves to be better known. http://www.bamptonopera.org/repertory/paisiellobarberpress.htm, International Music Score Library Project, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Barber_of_Seville_(Paisiello)&oldid=988437546, Operas based on The Barber of Seville (play), Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Giovinetto ('Youth', Bartolo's aged servant), Svegliato ('Vigilance', a sleepy servant), Mercury SR 2-9010: Graziella Sciutti, Nicola Monti, Rolando Panerai, Renato Capecchi, Mario Petri; Virtuosi di Roma; Renato Fasano, conductor. Free Download: Viktoria Mullova and Misha Mullov-Abbado play Schumann’s Kinderszenen, Pavarotti, Cappuccilli and Lechner perform Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Meyerbeer, Mayr, Donizetti, Cordella, Rossini, Mercadante, Bellini, Balducci, L Ricci, Coccia, Conti, Pacini & Carafa. Eine musikalische Perle u. ein besonderer Hörgenuss. In his day, this Neapolitan composer was well regarded. As Rossini's version gained in popularity, Paisiello's diminished in parallel, to the point where it fell from the repertoire. Giovanni Paisiello: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Written in 1783, Giovanni Paisiello’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia reigned for three decades as one of Europe’s most popular operas, before being overshadowed forever by Rossini’s classic work. 1816, data cruciale della morte di Paisiello e della prima rappresentazione dell’Almaviva o sia L’inutile precauzione (poi Il barbiere di Siviglia) di Gioa-chino Rossini, e de Il barbiere di Siviglia di Francesco Morlacchi. COMPOSERS: Paisiello LABELS: Hungaroton WORKS: Il barbiere di Siviglia PERFORMER: Dénes Gulyás, Krisztina Laki, József Gregor, István Gáti; Hungarian State Orchestra/Adám Fiscer CATALOGUE NO: HCD 12525-26 This welcome reissue of Adam Fischer’s sparkling 1985 recording of Paisiello’s unjustly eclipsed Barbiere offers a strong case for its continued toe-hold in the repertory. Curiosità: Protagonista indiscusso della prima metà del secolo d’oro del melodramma italiano, Gioachino Rossini compose capolavori musicali come “Guglielmo Tell”, “La gazza ladra” e “Il barbiere di Siviglia”. endstream endobj 151 0 obj <>stream In 1789, Mozart dedicated the aria "Schon lacht der holde Frühling" (K. 580) to his sister-in-law Josepha Hofer as a substitute for Rosina's original act 3 aria ("Già riede primavera"). He served Ferdinand IV of Naples and his successor, Joseph Bonaparte. Opera by Giovanni Paisiello (1782), libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini after Beaumarchais. The libretto is little more than a translation of the play; there are few recitatives (since the Russians didn’t understand Italian), but as much music as Paisiello wanted, in the Naples manner: “tormented, varied music with lively harmonic passages with accidentals in it”. It is, frankly, something of a bore, even when one tries valiantly to forget Rossini. Il barbiere di Siviglia / The Barber of Seville (Rossini) – The Opera Scribe, Libretto: Giuseppe Petrosellini, after Pierre Beaumarchais, First performed: Imperial Court, St Petersburg, 26 September 1782. Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Account Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders Try Prime Cart. By entering your details, you are agreeing to Classical Music terms and conditions. Nonetheless,… The plots of the Paisiello and the Rossini versions very closely resemble each other, with subtle differences. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Die Klangqualität ist nicht die allerbeste, viele Abschnitte wirken teilweise etwas "übersteuert". Reading that Paisiello was first with Il Barbiere di Siviglia(1782) and a few years later Rossini wrote his Il Barbiere di Siviglia(1816) and since Paisiello's opera was forgotten . Renato Fasano conducts a lively, elegant and intimate performance to perfection. (The title was permanently changed to Il barbiere di Siviglia for the Bologna revival August 10, 1816, after Paisiello’s death.) Although it is missing only the closing ritornello, the incomplete orchestration suggests it was never used.[6]. It was subsequently staged in several cities in the years immediately following its premiere, including [1] Vienna, where Il barbiere played at five venues from 1783 until 1804, both in Italian and German, and received nearly 100 performances, and Naples (1783); Warsaw, Prague, Versailles (1784); Kassel, Pressburg, Mannheim (1785); Liège, Cologne[4] (1786); Madrid and Barcelona (1787); for the 1787 production in Naples at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, the opera was reduced to three acts and Pasiello wrote three new numbers: "La carta che bramate" for Rosina, "Serena il bel sembiante" for Almaviva, and a finale for act one.