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The Barber of Seville: IL Barbiere di Siviglia: Vocal Score

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Another Great Ricordi Edition

By Jacob - July 30, 2011

Il Barbiere di Siviglia was the first opera I ever saw and is what guided me in going to school for vocal and opera performance. Ricordi is one of the ONLY publishers I trust for opera scores. Unlike other publishers (Dover, especially) they aren't riddled with errors.
This Score is 488 pages long. It also has an introduction with history of the opera and a section of textual notes which provide more background on the composition along with frequently sung melismas and a lot of substituted passages which are sung by a soprano Rosina. It and the introduction appear both in English and Italian.
There is also an appendix in the back of the score which includes "Una voce poco fa" in F major, "La calunnia e un venticello" in C major, and "Contro un cor che accende amore" in F major.
The actual musical score is typeset in a very clear type. It is easy on the eyes and it leaves enough room above and below the vocal line to write in literal translations and... read more

Best edition out there

By BatMaster - January 15, 2013

This is the 1973 Ricordi piano vocal reduction of Rossini's Barber. It's in English and Italian, with the Italian on top (thankfully). It's a critical edition with many pages of critical notes and some brief historical background. It also has an appendix that contains the three commonly-transposed arias transposed.

Like all modern Ricordi scores the reduction finds a perfect balance between being very orchestral and also playable. Furthermore there are few to no errors.

This is the edition to get if you're going to be singing/playing/directing the show!

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