A comprehensive new OPERA STUDY GUIDE AND LIBRETTO of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA), featuring Principal Characters in the Opera; Brief Story Synopsis; Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples; a newly translated LIBRETTO with Italian and English translation side-by-side, with Music Highlight Examples; and Burton D. Fisher's in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis. Other Opera Journeys Publishing titles ALSO AVAILABLE at amazon.com: OPERA CLASSICS LIBRARY SERIES: •Aida •The Barber of Seville •La Bohème •Carmen •Cavalleria Rusticana •Così fan tutte •Don Giovanni •Lucia di Lammermoor •Madama Butterfly •The Magic Flute •Manon Lescaut •The Marriage of Figaro •Otello •I Pagliacci •Rigoletto •Salome •Tosca •Il Trittico (Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi) •La Traviata •Turandot and The Ring of the Nibelung (without libretto) OPERA JOURNEYS MINI GUIDE SERIES: •Aïda •Andrea Chénier •The Barber of Seville •La Bohème •Boris Godunov •Carmen •Cavalleria Rusticana •Così fan tutte •Der Freischütz •Die Fledermaus •Don Carlo •Don Giovanni •Don Pasquale •The Elixir of Love •Elektra •Eugene Onegin •Exploring Wagner’s Ring •Falstaff •Faust •Fidelio •The Flying Dutchman •Hansel and Gretel •L’Italiana in Algeri •Julius Caesar •Lohengrin •Lucia di Lammermoor •Macbeth •Madama Butterfly •The Magic Flute •Manon •Manon Lescaut •The Marriage of Figaro •A Masked Ball •The Mikado •Nabucco •Norma •Otello •I Pagliacci •Porgy and Bess •The Rhinegold •Rigoletto •Der Rosenkavalier •Salome •Samson and Delilah •Siegfried •The Tales of Hoffmann •Tannhäuser •Tosca •La Traviata •Tristan and Isolde •Il Trovatore •Turandot •Twilight of the Gods •The Valkyrie •Werther OPERA JOURNEYS LIBRETTO SERIES: •Aida •The Barber of Seville •La Bohème •Carmen •Cavalleria Rusticana •Così fan tutte •Don Giovanni •Edgar •La Fanciulla del West •Gianni Schicchi •Lucia di Lammermoor •Madama Butterfly •The Magic Flute •Manon Lescaut •The Marriage of Figaro •Otello •I Pagliacci •Rigoletto •La Rondine •Salome •Suor Angelica •Il Tabarro •Tosca •La Traviata •Le Villi AND A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses Burton D. Fisher, a former opera conductor, is currently principal lecturer for the Opera Journeys Lecture Series at Florida International University, editor, author and publisher of the Opera Classics Library Series, Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series, Opera Journeys Libretto Series, a commissioned author for Season Opera Guides for regional opera companies, and a frequent opera commentator on National Public Radio. Used Book in Good Condition