Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia - "Zitti, che battono" (in English) - No. 2.

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The second half of the finale is completely given to the army episode. Unusually, the whole half incorporates several classical cliches of opera seria: for example, the descending lines of "what a disaster" or the obligatory suspension-over-time that precedes the stretta which, though, are, of course, humorously used to highlight the absurdity of the situation. For example, in the suspension-over-time Rosina and Almaviva's ornamented lines are contrasted with the comic bubbling of the lower voices.

Here is a list of singers and their respective singers:

Figaro - Alan Opie,
Count Almaviva - Bruce Ford,
Rosina - Della Jones,
Dr. Bartolo - Andrew Shore,
Don Basilio - Peter Rose,
Berta - Jennifer Rhys-Davies,
Constable - Peter Snipp.

Enjoy :)!

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[pjdonagh]

This is a really good english translation, much better than the one I sang (Chorus only) many years ago...can you tell us who was responsible please?

I am impressed by this recording and thank you for sharing it with us.

[callasdimitrova]

amazing done!