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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