Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Mixed Choir: Vocal Score

Gioacchino Rossini's Una Voce Poco Fa from the opera Il Barbiere Di Siviglia for Coloratura Voice and Piano in the key of E. Edited by Estelle Liebling.

Sinofinia dall'opera-La première du Barbier de Séville de Gioacchino Rossini connut un échec retentissant. Dès le lendemain Rossini remplaça l?ouverture nouvellement composée par l?une de ses compositions précédentes l?ouverture d?Aureliano in Palmiro un opéra peu connu. Le 18 août 1816 à Bologne la création de la nouvelle version du Barbier de Séville reçut un accueil triomphal. Un succès jamais démenti depuis.

The new reduction of Il barbiere di Siviglia is based on the critical edition of the full score by Alberto Zedda that republished in 2009 appeared in turn as a fully revised edition - in the light of new sources and updated philological criteria -of the historic and pioneering critical edition of 1969. The 1969 Barbiere di Siviglia was based on the autograph and on manuscript and printed sources still considered primary: the copies from Giovanni Battista Cencetti (now kept at the New York Public Library at the Bibliomediateca of Santa CeciliaAcademy in Rome at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma and at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris) the copies from Naples Florence the main score and vocal scores of the time the fi rst printed libretto many manuscript copies ofAureliano in Palmira work in which Zedda recognized the source of the Symphony of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. To these in 2009 were added all the materials found and transcribed by Zedda after the publication of the volume of 1969.In the Appendices of this edition are published for the fi rst time in vocal score all the new materials added between 1969 and 2009 among them: the aria added for Rosina ?Ah se è ver? (Appendix II) an alternative aria for Rosina for the lessonscene ?La mia pace la mia calma? (Appendix III) an alternative aria for Bartolo ?Manca un foglio? (Appendix IV) and the vocal autograph variants for NN. 5 7 16 (Appendix I).In addition to the musical texts there are - both in Italian and in English - an historical Introduction (in the first volume) and a Critical Commentary to the musical text (in the second volume).

The well-known aria announcing the barber's entrance — 'Figaro!… Eh Figaro!' — highlights this comic romp of an opera. Based on Beaumarchais' Le Barbier de Seville Rossini's 1816 classic began as Almaviva or the Useless Precaution in an attempt to avoid confusion with a highly successful Il Barbiere di Siviglia of a half-century earlier. An opening night fiasco and persistent interruptions during the premiere by fans of the older play were but momentary detours on the path of this masterpiece to international fame. With the now-famous overture in place the work reached the operatic capitals of the world becoming the first opera to be sung in Italian in NewYork. Ideal for conductors soloists chorus members and rehearsal pianists this practice and performance vocal score is based on the classic 1900 Schirmer edition. Please note that the lyrics appear in the original Italian only.

Réputé pour son élégance, rythmes endiablés, et de belles mélodies, les ouvertures de Rossini sont des agrafes de concerts dans le monde entier - avec ou sans les opéras qu'ils introduisent. / Orchestre