TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rossini,Gioacchino
AU  - Sills Beverly
AU  - Barbieri Fedora
AU  - Gedda Nicolai
AU  - Milnes Sherrill
AU  - Raimondi Ruggero
AU  - Capecchi Renato
AU  - Levine James
AU  - Foil David
AU  - Sterbini,Cesare
AU  - Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,
AU  - Rossini,Gioacchino
ED  - John Alldis Choir
ED  - London Symphony Orchestra
TI  - The barber of Seville
SN  - 1579120202
AV  - ML1700 
PY  - 1962///
CY  - New York
PB  - Black Dog & Leventhal, Distributed by Workman Pub. Co.
KW  - Rossini Gioacchino
KW  - Operas
KW  - Librettos
KW  - Analysis appreciation
KW  - Music appreciation
N1  - "A guide to understanding and appreciating opera"--Cover; Libretto by Cesare Sterbini based on the play "Le barbier de Séville" by Beaumarchais; CD's published: Los Angeles, Calif. : EMI Records Limited, p1996 (Digitally remastered); Compact discs; Contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies of the principal singers and conductor. The two accompanying CDs contain the complete opera sung in Italian; Beverly Sills, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Renato Capecchi, baritone; Sherrill Milnes, baritone; Ruggero Raimondi, bass; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
ER  -