Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia - "Dunque io son" (Della Jones & Alan Opie) (in English)

Rosina and Figaro's duet perhaps makes clear the most important quality of Rossini's score: there are no set pieces, each aria and ensemble is tightly connected with the plot and the drama. The previous recitative freely moves into a duet, and this naturalness is shared by all pieces in "Il barbiere".

The present duet has a simple structure: statements sung over a similar musical background - scene - repeat of the statements (but only a part of them is given) - stretta. Though it seems rather simple next to the classical "moderato - andante - allegro", Rossini actually is most intelligent and uses only the devices and forms he needs at the moment, without even thinking of any kind of tradition.

Della Jones and Alan Opie bring this duet to a most irresistible sparkle :).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rossini
• belcanto
• il
• barbiere
• di
• siviglia
• coloratura
• classical