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The Barber of Seville

Una Voce Poco Fa

July 7, 2025

Rossini’s setting of the first of Beaumarchais’s Figaro trilogy, The Barber of Seville, is arguably the greatest comic opera ever written. Its zany zest, unparalleled mirth, overwhelming energy, and musical beauty and inventiveness place it in a spot occupied only by the Marx Brothers. The Count Almaviva is infatuated with Rosina, an heiress whom her […]

The Barber of Seville in HD – 2025

May 31, 2025

Rossini is life. Nowhere is this vitality as evident as in his Barber. The 24 year old composer was already a veteran when he composed his paen to mirth and human folly. Bart Sher’s production dates back to 2006, but still works. The Barber is so good that it can survive almost anything thrown at […]

Finale 8 – Act 1 Barber of Seville

April 24, 2016

Nobody exceeded Rossini in the mirth, invention, and sheer zaniness of the finales to his comic operas. The end of act 1 of The Barber of Seville is matched only by the Master from Pesaro himself. The action (really the inaction) is the response of Bartolo and Basilio to the release of the Count (who is […]

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Neil Kurtzman

Physician. Professor. Writer.

Neil A Kurtzman MD is the Grover E Murray Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He has combined careers in clinical medicine, education, basic research, and administration for more than 40 years.