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Commedia in two acts
Text by Cesare Sterbini
after Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Language Italian

Count Almaviva loves Rosina - and she loves him. But her guardian Don Bartolo wants to marry her himself and keeps her under strict surveillance.

He is supported by Don Basilio, who spins intrigues. Help comes from Figaro, the shrewd barber, who uses cunning and disguises to gain Almaviva access to Rosina. Despite all the obstacles and comic entanglements, the lovers manage to outwit Bartolo in the end and find each other.