The Barber of Seville (The Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series)

A complete guide to Rossini's The Barber of Seville which includes the Principal Characters in the Opera, the Story Synopsis, a Story Narrative with one-bar music highlight examples, and an essay providing background about the opera and its composer, analysis, and insightful and entertaining commentary. The young and beautiful Rosina is the ward of the elderly Dr. Bartolo, her jealous guardian who shelters her in virtual imprisonment and insulates her from the outside world, and plans to marry her so he can secure her dowry. 'Italian opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, adapted from Beaumarchais's Le Barbier de Sâeville (1775)'