The Barber of Seville 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 took place on February 20, 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.

Cast:
Count Almaviva - Jerry Hadley
Rosina - Susanne Mentzer
Figaro - Thomas Hampson
Basilio - Samuel Ramey

Gianluigi Geimetti - conductor

EMI - 1993