Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"

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Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" is a scheming, hypocritical music teacher and clergyman whose comic plotting and famous slander aria drive much of the opera’s intrigue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bass role
fictional character
opera character
alliedWith Doctor Bartolo
appearsIn Il barbiere di Siviglia
The Barber of Seville
ariaType slander aria
associatedWithCity Seville
basedOnPlay Le Barbier de Séville
basedOnWorkBy Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
characterTrait comic
hypocritical
scheming
comicDevice exaggerated description of calumny
creator Gioachino Rossini
dramaticFunction agent of slander
comic villain
drivesPlotElement intrigue through slander
firstPerformanceWork Teatro Argentina, Rome
linked to: Teatro Valle, Rome
firstPerformanceWorkDate 1816-02-20
genre opera buffa character
languageOfWork Italian
librettistCreator Cesare Sterbini
nationalityInFiction Spanish
notableAria La calunnia è un venticello
notablePerformanceTradition sung by basso profondo
occupation clergyman
music teacher
opposes Count Almaviva
Rosina and Almaviva’s union
plotAction accepts a bribe to withdraw from the scheme
advises Bartolo to use slander against Almaviva
relationshipToBartolo confidant and accomplice
religiousStatus Catholic priest
roleType buffo bass
settingOfWork Seville, Spain
linked to: Seville
teaches Rosina
timePeriodInFiction 18th century
vocalRange bass
workByComposer Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini
workPremiereCentury 19th century

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Feodor Chaliapin notableRole Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"
Italo Tajo notableRole Don Basilio in "Il barbiere di Siviglia"
linked to: Don Basilio in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville"