Rossini e il Barbiere- Scena 1312 Musica e Teatro

Performance written and narrated by Lucia Margherita Marino 
Transcription by MIchele Consueto
The Barber of Seville appeared in 1816 at the Teatro Argentina du Roma to a colossal fiasco. How is this possible?
It is Olympe Pelissier, Rossini's second wife, who tells us anecdotes, curiosities and behind the scenes of the opera and the composer.