who wrote barber of seville

The opera The Barber of Seville was written by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini.

Quick Scoop

• The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) is a comic opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, premiered in Rome in 1816.

• The Italian text (libretto) was written by Cesare Sterbini, adapting an earlier French play.

• That earlier play, also called The Barber of Seville , was written by French dramatist Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in 1775.

So, depending on what is meant by “wrote”:

• The opera’s composer : Gioachino Rossini.
• The opera’s librettist : Cesare Sterbini.
• The original play it is based on: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

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