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Gioachino Rossini "The barber of Seville"
Opèra Marseille, April 14,17,19,21-1998
Conductor: Simone Fermani - Direction: Francis Perrin
Orchestra and Choir of Opéra Marseille
Final of Act 1st: "Questa bestia di soldato mio signor m'ha maltrattato"
Left to right: Berta, (Joelle Michelini, sopran), Rosina (Patricia Spence, mezzo), The Count of Almaviva dressed as a soldier with moustache (Raul Jimenez, tenor), Figaro with his hand near his mouth, (Leo  Nucci, baritone), an officer, Don Basilio (Luigi Roni, bass), Don Bartolo (Enzo Dara, baritone)
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Gioachino Rossini "The barber of Seville"
Opèra Marseille, April 14,17,19, 21-1998
Conductor: Simone Fermani - Direction: Francis Perrin
Orchestra and Choir of Opéra Marseille
Act 1st  no. 7: Duet Rosina-Figaro "Dunque io son"
Left to right: Rosina (Patricia Spence, mezzo), Figaro (Leo Nucci, baritone)
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Gioachino Rossini "The barber of Seville"
Opèra Marseille, April 14,17,19,21-1998
Conductor: Simone Fermani - Direction: Francis Perrin
Orchestra and Choir of Opéra Marseille
Cast of the opera - left to right, standing:
Mime Antoine Bonelli (Ambrogio), director Francis Perrin, Raul Jimenez (The Count of Almaviva), Patricia Spence (Rosina), Joelle Michelini (Berta), conductor Simone Fermani, Leo Nucci (Figaro), Luigi Roni (Don Basilio), Fiorello (Francois Castel);
front: left, a notary, center, Enzo Dara (Don Bartolo), right, Christine Cadol (Lisa)
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Il sistro nella ricostruzione di Simone Fermani
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Audio MP3

The sound of the sistrum

Audio extracts from "The barber of Seville" by Gioachino Rossini, critical edition by A. Zedda, Ricordi, Milan, 1969, produced by Opéra Marseille April 1998: conductor, Simone Fermani - direction: Francis Perrin; with: Leo Nucci as Figaro, Enzo Dara as Don Bartolo, Raul Jimenez as the Count of Almaviva, Luigi Roni as Don Basilio, Patricia Spence as Rosina, Joelle Michelini as Berta. Live recording, Opéra Marseille, April 19, 1998. In this production the sistrum has been used for the first time after the first performance of the opera in Rome in 1816. This production obtained the encore of the Final of Act 2nd for three performances in sequence, on a total of four.

1) Act 1st, Cavatina: "Ecco ridente in cielo" (Conte di Almaviva) - MP3 - 1,8 MB

2) "Stretta" of the final of Act 1st, part one - "Mi par d'esser con la testa" - Rosina, Berta, Conte, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio, Coro) - MP3 - 5,0 MB

3) "Stretta" of the final of Act 1st, part two" - MP3 - 2,6 MB

4) Act 2nd, final of Quintetto "Bricconi, birbanti" - Rosina, Conte, Figaro, Bartolo, Basilio - MP3 - 2,8 MB