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Cesare Sterbini (1784 – 19 January 1831) was an Italian writer and librettist. Possessing a deep knowledge of classical and contemporary culture, philosophy, linguistics, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, Italian, French and German.
In The Barber of Seville. …Rossini (libretto in Italian by Cesare Sterbini) that was first performed under the title Almaviva o sia l’inutile precauzione ( Almaviva; or, The Useless Precaution) at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on February 20, 1816.
Cesare Sterbini. Librettist. b. Rome, 1784 d. Rome, January 19, 1831. Cesare Sterbini’s one important contribution to the arts was his libretto for Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. A minor official of the Vatican treasury, Sterbini was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, and German. His first libretto for Rossini was Torvaldo e Dorliska in 1815.
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Libretto by Cesare Sterbini. Based on the play Le Barbier de Séville by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. First performed February 20, 1816, at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy
Jun 8, 2008 · Librettist: Cesare Sterbini, based on the play by Pierre Beaumarchais. Production: Bartlett Sher. Conductor: Maurizio Benini.
Italian librettist Cesare Sterbini (1784–1831) is best known today for his collaboration with Rossini on Il barbiere di Siviglia. Sterbini was born in Rome. In addition to his work as a librettist, he was a poet and an oficial of the Vatican treasury, and was fluent in Greek, Latin, French and German.
Rossini’s libretto was written by Cesare Sterbini, based on the play of the same name by Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais. An incredibly popular opera based on that play had already been written in 1782 by Giovanni Paisiello.
