The Barber of Seville - fun facts

The Barber of Seville - fun facts

This week on The Italian Radio Hour: The Barber of Seville explained!In conversation with Samuele Bozzolla as we bring to you most famous areas and anecdotes of this opera buffa by Rossini.- Did you know that The Barber of Seville was a huge fiasco when it made its debut?- Did you know that Rossini completed two operas every year for 19 consecutive years?- Did you know that when the tenor, Manuel Garzia, was supposed to start his second aria of the first act, playing the guitar himself, all of the cords snapped?Well, thank goodness, none of these incidents occurred in the wonderful rendition of The Barber of Seville, currently performing at the Pittsburgh Opera. Two more performances on Oct 20th & 22nd. Use coupon code: POIMI to receive 50% OFF your tickets: https://www.pittsburghopera.org/season/the-barber-of-sevillehttps://youtu.be/QTOCg0E5-hsThe Italian Radio Hour will be attending on Friday Oct. 20th. Stop by and say "Hi".Pittsburgh Opera Istituto Mondo Italiano - Centro di cultura italiana The Italian Radio Hour

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