Le Barbier de Séville

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Le Barbier de Séville is a celebrated 18th-century French comedic play that introduced the clever character Figaro and satirizes social class and authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French play
comedy
play
stage play
acts 4
adaptedAs Il barbiere di Siviglia
film
opera
television production
author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
characterRoleOfFigaro barber
go-between
valet
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticForm comédie
firstPerformanceCity Paris
firstPerformanceDate 1775
firstPerformancePlace Comédie-Française
followedBy Le Mariage de Figaro
genre comedy
satire
historicalSignificance major work of French theatre
precursor to revolutionary social criticism in drama
introducesCharacter Figaro
literaryMovement Enlightenment
mainCharacter Bartholo
Basile
Count Almaviva
Figaro
Rosine
linked to: Rosina
narrativeFocus courtship of Rosine by Count Almaviva
notableAdaptationComposer Gioachino Rossini
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution inutile
partOfSeries Figaro trilogy
revisedVersionPremiereDate 1775
settingCountry Spain
settingLocation Seville
structure prose
theme class conflict
critique of aristocracy
critique of authority
love and deception
social satire
timePeriodOfWork 18th century

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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais notableWork Le Barbier de Séville
Gioachino Rossini notableWork The Barber of Seville
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
The Marriage of Figaro follows The Barber of Seville
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Rosalind Eleazar notableWork The Barber of Seville (stage production)
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Le Figaro namedAfter The Barber of Seville
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Don Basilio appearsIn The Barber of Seville
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Don Basilio basedOnPlay Le Barbier de Séville
Russell Dykstra notableWork The Barber of Seville
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
The Ghosts of Versailles basedOn The Barber of Seville
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Le Barbier de Séville originalTitle Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution inutile
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
La Mère coupable precededBy Le Barbier de Séville
Figaro appearsIn Le Barbier de Séville
Figaro appearsIn The Barber of Seville
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Figaro centralCharacterOf Le Barbier de Séville
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais notableWork The Barber of Seville
subject linked to: Geneviève-Madeleine Wattebled
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais notableWork The Barber of Seville
subject linked to: Pierre-Augustin Caron
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Darko Tresnjak directed The Barber of Seville
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Cesare Siepi associatedWithWork The Barber of Seville
linked to: Le Barbier de Séville
Il barbiere di Siviglia basedOn Le Barbier de Séville
Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) appearsIn The Barber of Seville
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Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) basedOnWork Le Barbier de Séville
Rabbit of Seville basedOn The Barber of Seville
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Rabbit of Seville parodies The Barber of Seville
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The Guilty Mother follows The Barber of Seville
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The Guilty Mother prequel The Barber of Seville
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Countess Almaviva appearsIn The Barber of Seville
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Countess Almaviva appearsIn Le Barbier de Séville