THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015

QUOTE:
"Music isn't just learning notes and playing them,
  you learn notes to play to the music of your soul."
AUTHOR: Katie Greenwood

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"There is no music in notes alone. It is the human,
  emotional element that makes notes into music."

COMPOSER

ROSSINI

http://www.omifacsimiles.com/brochures/rossini.html

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

http://www.musicwithease.com/rossini-pictures.html

http://escenografia.com/the-barber-of-seville/

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

Figaro's Aria: "Largo al factotum"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXPz7S-3YC0

http://www.8notes.com/scores/16714.asp

http://www.operasiempre.es/tag/largo-al-factotum/

http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/images/
Figaro_le_Barbier_de_S%C3%A9ville/1312436

http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=335483

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

Figaro's Aria: "Largo al factotum"

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone

Charles Dutoit, Conductor

Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKDXr_fimQ8

http://tothotornot.com/2013/07/the-barber-of-seville-by-oz-opera-giveaway/

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
OVERTURE

Claudio Abbado, Conductor

London Symphony Orchestra, 1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1uMN5LIW6E#t=113

http://www.oldopera.swissdesigngroup.com/media/Tab-Learn/Study_Guides/SG_Barber_of_Seville.pdf

http://imslp.org/wiki/Il_barbiere_di_Siviglia_(Rossini,_Gioacchino)

José Jiménez Aranda: The Barber on Monday, 1875

This famous overture was actually recycled
 from two earlier Rossini operas, Aureliano
 in Palmira and Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
and thus contains none of the thematic material
 in The Barber of Seville Opera itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville

Barber of Seville Overture - theme 1

Barber of Seville Overture - theme 2

Barber of Seville Overture - theme 3

LISTENING MAP

TO THE OVERTURE

http://2esomusicogramas.blogspot.com/2012/0
2/el-barbero-de-sevilla-gioachino-rossini.html

The shaving, scene from The Barber of Seville, 1816

THE STORY OF

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

TOLD IN CARTOON FORMAT

http://comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=5268&start=30

http://lyricoperamedia.s3.amazonaws.com/_media/13-14-Discovery/
LOC_DiscoveryPC_2014_Barber_320k_mixdown.mp3
https://archive.org/details/storiesfromopera03daviuoft

THE STORY OF

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

AT A GLANCE

http://www.oldopera.swissdesigngroup.com/media/

Tab-Learn/Study_Guides/SG_Barber_of_Seville.pdf

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8436743x

THE CHARACTERS

COUNT ALMAVIVA:
Young Spanish Nobleman
Smitten with Rosina
Disguised as Lindero and Others
(tenor)
 

DOCTOR BARTOLO:
Doctor of Medicine
Guardian of Rosina
Rosina's Would-Be Suitor
(bass)
 

ROSINA:
Young,Wealthy Woman from Seville
Ward of Doctor Bartolo
Has a Sizable Dowry
Smitten with Lindero
(mezzo-soprano)
 

FIGARO:
Local Barber
Keeper of All the Town's Secrets
Former Servant to Count Almaviva
(baritone)

DON BASILIO:
Rosina's Music Teacher
Takes Bribes to Pass Along Secrets
Doctor Bartolo's Accomplice
A Hypocrite
(bass)

BERTA:
Housekeeper to Doctor Bartolo
Rosina's Confidant
(soprano)
 

FIORELLO:
Servant of Count Almaviva
(baritone)

AMBROSIO:
Servant to Bartolo
(bass)

AN OFFICER:
(bass)

A NOTARY:
(silent role)

CHORUS:
musicians
soldiers

Main Characters from Left to Right:
Count Almaviva, Rosina, Figaro, Don Basilio, and Bartolo
http://www.discmuseum.com/FMPro?-DB=discmuseum.fp5&-Format=audiosynopsis
10_barbier.htm&AudioSynopsis=BarbierGalliera&-Token=38466&-Find

MEET FIGARO

http://www.slideshare.net/hannahsole6/puss-in-boots-28629827

From: Dr. Opera

Presented by Lyric Opera and The Second City

Session 3: The Barber of Seville

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q416D8XQleg&t=21

http://theartoftam.blogspot.com/2014/01/opera-posters.html

The Barber of Seville, or The Futile

Precaution (Il barbiere di Siviglia,

ossia L'inutile precauzione)

is an opera buffa in two acts
by Gioachino Rossini

Rossini

with a libretto by

Cesare Sterbini.

Sterbini

The libretto was based on

Pierre Beaumarchais's

Jean-Marc Nattier: Pierre Beaumarchais, 1755

comedy Le Barbier de Séville (1775),

which was originally an opéra comique,

or a mixture of spoken play with music.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

OPERA
Complete

Conductor: Martin Mazik

Director: Herbert Kellner

Wichita Grand Opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZUcNP41nc#t=4145

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZUcNP41nc#t=865

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8K0xQOMHuU

OPERA PLOT OUTLINE

BY ACTS

http://www.oldopera.swissdesigngroup.com/media/Tab-Learn/Study_Guides/SG_Barber_of_Seville.pdf

Lindor's letter, illustration from "The Barber of Seville"

PIERRE-AUGUSTIN

BEAUMARCHAIS

Beaumarchais

and THE BARBER of SEVILLE

http://www.mccarter.org/figaroplays
/3-explore/historictimeline.html

Born in 1732, Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais
was, like his character Figaro, a person who
enjoyed many different professions during
his life. He was a watchmaker, an instructor
of harp, a judge, a diplomat and even, at one
point, a spy. He was also a man of contradiction,

having at one time purchased a noble title but

at another time aligning himself with rebels

involved in both the American and French

revolutions and furnishing arms to them.

Above all, however, he was a writer for

the stage, his first theatrical efforts being

produced when he was 25 years old.

The Barber of Seville (Le barbier de Séville) was

the first in a cycle of three plays, all featuring

the same characters whom we watch grow

older and deal with different situations in their

lives. These characters are Count Almaviva,

http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/
images/Gioacchino_Rossini_le_Barbier_de
_S%C3%A9ville__le_comte_Almaviva/1312435

the lovely Rosina

http://www.magnoliabox.com/tag/beaumarchais

who is the object of his

affections, and his

servant Figaro.

Figaro

In the first play Almaviva

Frederic Sorrieu:  Representing Salvi Singer
 in the Role of Count Almaviva

outwits the old

Doctor Bartolo

http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/images/Bartholo
_dans_le_Barbier_de_S%C3%A9ville/1008500

in order to marry the

doctor's ward,

Rosina,

http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/
images/Gioacchino
_Rossini_le_Barbier_de_S%C3%
A9ville__Rosine/1312438

all the while helped by

the machinations

of his barber Figaro.

http://www.stampdata.com/stamp.php?id=44479

In the second play,

The Marriage of Figaro

(Le mariage de Figaro),

they’re a few years older.

It is now the servant Figaro

Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva,
 from 'The Marriage of Figaro

who outwits his aristocratic master.

Figaro has to protect his

new young bride Susanna

Suzanne in "The Marriage of Figaro"

from the Count who desires her.

At the same time he tries to preserve

the Count’s marriage to Rosina,

who is now, of course,

the Countess Almaviva.

Rosina,
Countess Almaviva

The third play, rarely revived these days, is

called The Guilty Mother (La mere coupable).

It takes place twenty years after the previous play,

and involves the illegitimate children of the Count

and Countess, the potential loss of their fortune

and, again, the last minute redemption of his

employers by Figaro’s wit and wisdom. (French

composer Darius Milhaud’s La mere coupable,

based on this last play in the trilogy, premiered

in Geneva in 1966).

http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/TheBarberofSeville

http://pixgood.com/the-barber-of-seville-title.html

THE STORY OF
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Taking place in Seville, Spain

http://www.laopera.org/tickets/Barber-of-Seville-Family/

during the 17th Century,
the plot involves a Spanish

count (Almaviva),

Count Almaviva Himself

who has fallen in love at first
sight with a girl called

Rosina.

Rosina

To ensure that she really loves

him and not just his money, the

Count disguises himself

as a poor college student

named Lindor,

Count in Disguise

and attempts to woo her.

His plans are foiled by Rosina's

guardian, Doctor Bartholo,

Doctor Bartolo

who keeps her locked up
in his house and intends to

marry her himself.

Bartolo and Rosina

The Count's luck changes,

however, after a chance reunion

with an ex-servant of his,

Figaro,

Figaro

who is currently working as

a barber and therefore has access

to the Doctor's home.

Set Design of Doctor Bartolo's House

After being promised money, and

afraid the Count will seek revenge on

him if he refuses, Figaro devises

a variety of ways for the Count

and Rosina to meet and talk,

first as Lindor, then as Alonzo,

a fellow student of the same

music master, Don Basilio.

        Don Basilio

The story culminates in the marriage

of the Count and Rosina.

http://operalively.com/forums/content.php/846-OTF-Il-barbiere-di-Siviglia

http://www.slideshare.net/jamesamoore/chapter-56-rossini-and-verdi

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

OVERTURE

With Violin Sheet Music

Alfred Scholz, Conductor

Philharmonia Slavonica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Ko7NeMhhI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Ko7NeMhhI#t=35

http://www.laprimaweb.it/2009/12/10/il-barbiere-di-siviglia-fermo-11-e-13-dicembre-2009/

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

OVERTURE

Acapella Format

The King's Singers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrXJnMvg9uI

http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/08/baritone-martinez-lights-up-miami-lyric-operas-barber-of-seville/

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE:

WOODY WOODPECKER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kktVly7_HXc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville_(1944_film)

http://arts.umich.edu/ink/author/sarah-ogar/page/2/

THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE:

BUGS BUNNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_954jkgbWmc#t=27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXCULR2wO-A#t=25

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_of_Seville

http://www.icollector.com/Bugs-Bunny-as-Barber
-of-Seville-original-Virgil-Ross-drawing_i10498753

http://www.thelittlechimpsociety.com/2012/12/kevin
-hauff-radio-times-christmas-edition-barber-of-seville/

TOM AND JERRY

THE CAT ABOVE AND

THE MOUSE BELOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiNdghpgZY

http://www.lamedusa.it/lista_libri.php?_cat=4

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

FOR CHILDREN:

Opera Vox

(BBC 1994)

Gareth Jones, Conductor

Chorus and Orchestra Welsh National Opera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMmHiS0wNtU

Henry Walton: John Palmer as Count Almaviva
in "The Spanish Barber"

LINKS
LESSON PLANS

http://www.laopera.org/DocumentsLAO/education/lessons/
The%20Barber%20of%20Seville%20-%20Who%20is%20He.pdf

http://www.mnopera.org/wp-content/uploads/transfer/ed/Barber%20Guide.pdf

http://www.lyricopera.org/uploadedFiles/Education/Children_and_Teens
/2013-14%20OIN%20Backstage%20Pass%20-%20teacher%20edition.pdf
http://www.delawaresymphony.org/guides/Barber%20of%20Seville%20Overture.pdf
http://sfopera.com/Learn/Teacher-Resources/Classroom-Materials/Barber.aspx
http://sfopera.com/SanFranciscoOpera/media/SiteAssets/Guild/Barber2013.pdf
https://rosieglowwellness.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/2010-11-barber-script-readers-theater.pdf
http://www.manitobaopera.mb.ca/learn/documents/TheBarberofSevilleStudyGuideNov.6.pdf
http://www.portfoliodesignproject.org/perez-y3-g5-end
http://www.oldopera.swissdesigngroup.com/media/
Tab-Learn/Study_Guides/SG_Barber_of_Seville.pdf
http://pbopera.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PBO-Barber-Study-Guide.pdf

Leonardo Alenza: Majas Celestina y en el balcón, 1840

BARBER OF SEVILLE

READER'S THEATER SCRIPT

LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO

https://rosieglowwellness.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/
2010-11-barber-script-readers-theater.pdf

LINKS
MUSIC and LIBRETTO
http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e0/IMSLP
114152-PMLP232996-Blumenthal-BarberofSeville-sc.pdf
http://imslp.org/wiki/Il_barbiere_di_Siviglia_%28Rossini,_Gioacchino%29#Full_Score
http://www.opera-guide.ch/opera.php?uilang=de&id=318#libretto
http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/TheBarberofSeville
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/bhr1214/large/index.html
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/cag4600/large/index.html
http://archive.org/stream/cu31924090833181#page/n0/mode/2up
https://archive.org/details/RossiniBarberOfSeville-Overture
https://archive.org/details/storiesfromopera03daviuoft
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/libretti/barbiere.html
http://www.emmedici.com/hobbies/musica/rossini/libretti/barbiere1.htm
http://www.emmedici.com/hobbies/musica/rossini/libretti/barbiere2.htm
http://makingmusicfun.net/pdf/sheet_music/barber-of-seville-piano.pdf
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/1562
http://www.pocketopera.org/2015/libt/ROSSINI-TheBarberofSeville.pdf
http://www.sydneysymphony.com/media/81889/PROG14_070517_Rossini_SSO.pdf

http://slideplayer.fr/slide/1296660/

LINKS
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12451040
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-barber-of-seville.htm
http://lyricoperamedia.s3.amazonaws.com/_img/Web/
13-14/The-Barber-of-Seville/Rossinis_Biggest_hit.pdf
http://lyricoperamedia.s3.amazonaws.com/_pdf/13-14/BarberPlotSynopsis.pdf
http://www.laopera.org/DocumentsLAO/education/lessons/
The%20Barber%20of%20Seville%20Resource%20Page.pdf
http://www.opera-guide.ch/opera.php?uilang=de&id=318#libretto
http://www.sdopera.com/Operapaedia/TheBarberofSeville
http://sfopera.com/SanFranciscoOpera/media/Education-
Resource-Materials/Barber/The-Barber-of-Seville-Websites.pdf
http://operalively.com/forums/content.php/846-OTF-Il-barbiere-di-Siviglia
http://www.metopera.org/metopera/season/synopsis/barbiere?customid=6
http://www.metopera.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?customid=710
http://www.metopera.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/season_
and_tickets/Playbill/Barbiere/Feb%204%20Barbiere.pdf
http://holiday.metoperafamily.org/barber/about.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barber_of_Seville
http://www.musicwithease.com/rossini-barber-seville.html
http://www.taormina.it/aug-8-11-14-barber-seville.html
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18315
http://froggyeve.tripod.com/WVBO4KTeachersGuidepage3.pdf
http://froggyeve.tripod.com/largo.html
http://michelinewalker.com/tag/la-mere-coupable/
http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/Opera-
Synopses/qt/Barber-Of-Seville-Synopsis.htm
http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/barber_of_seville.html
http://hum.uchicago.edu/orgs/ciao/Rossini%20operas/1Barbiere.html
https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/df7666de-2
ae5-4cd0-ac9d-b710e3fe9589/ENO%2BEssays%2BPt2.pdf
http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/mobile
progheftenglish/Programm-Barbiere-en.pdf
https://www.vaopera.org/attachments/article/
39/The%20Barber%20of%20Seville.pdf
http://operaroanoke.org/barber-synopsis/
http://www.krannertcenter.com/images/cm/2011511153
925496128174106178/BarberofSevilleProgram.pdf
http://musicaloreto.wikispaces.com/EL+BARBERO+DE+SEVILLA

BARBER OF SEVILLE

TOLD WITH PICTURES

(Check out the site to read more)

http://musicaloreto.wikispaces.com/EL+BARBERO+DE+SEVILLA