The Operas
Giovanni Paisiello's opera based on the play was first performed in 1782, but it is Gioachino Rossini's opera, The Barber of Seville, premiered in 1816, that has better stood the test of time. Other lesser-known adaptions include those by Nicolas Isouard in 1796, Alexander Reinagle and Samuel Arnold in 1794, and Francesco Morlacchi in 1816.
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