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Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Date: July 13-17－7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-880 yuan

Il Barbiere di Siviglia is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Seville (1775). Il Barbiere di Siviglia is a humorous comic opera with dozens of gags and vivid portrait of characters. The story takes place in Seville during the 17th century. Figaro, a clever barber, devises a variety of ways for the young Count Almaviva and the beautiful girl Rosina to meet, talk and ultimately become a wonderful happy couple.