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MICHAEL SPYRES – Cessa di più resistere
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 18th June 2019Cessa di più resistere is an aria for the tenor (Almaviva) in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. It occurs near the end of of the opera. For a very long time it was omitted – for two reasons. First it place the focus on the tenor at the expense of both the title character and…
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Largo al Factotum – Not the Usual Suspects
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 20th August 2013Everybody know Rossini’s aria, especially the cartoon makers. So I thought I’d present six versions of the piece without resorting to either an Italian or American baritone limiting my selections to singers not known for this role. The word are presented below, first in Italian and then in English. The Barber of Seville is almost…
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