Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

Virgin Classics: 6945819. The Barber of Seville, Opera Buffa in two acts.

“Captured at London’s Royal Opera House, Joyce DiDonato (as Rosina) famously wearing a bright pink plaster cast on her leg and whizzing around the stage in a wheelchair. Florez, Spagnoli, Corbelli complete the cast. Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer, famed for this and La Cenerentola and L’italiana in Algeri etc. 1st performance Rome, February 1816.”