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The Barber of Seville
is an
opera buffa
in two acts by
Gioachino Rossini
with an Italian
libretto
by
Cesare Sterbini
. The plot revolves around the clever and enterprising character
Figaro
, the titular barber. This 1830
lithograph
by
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
depicts the storm scene near the end of the opera's second act.
Lithograph credit:
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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