<P> The Barber of Seville , or The Useless Precaution ( Italian : Il barbiere di Siviglia , ossia L'inutile precauzione ( il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne ) ) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini . The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais 's French comedy Le Barbier de Séville ( 1775 ) . The première of Rossini 's opera ( under the title Almaviva , o sia L'inutile precauzione ) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina , Rome . </P>
<P> The Barber of Seville , or The Useless Precaution ( Italian : Il barbiere di Siviglia , ossia L'inutile precauzione ( il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne ) ) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini . The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais 's French comedy Le Barbier de Séville ( 1775 ) . The première of Rossini 's opera ( under the title Almaviva , o sia L'inutile precauzione ) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina , Rome . </P>
where does the barber of seville take place
where does the barber of seville take place
Teatro Argentina , Rome
Teatro Argentina , Rome