Rossini - The Barber of Seville: Overture [HQ]

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The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione [il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa l iˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne]) is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy Le Barbier de Séville (1775). The première of Rossini's opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L'inutile precauzione) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.

Rossini's Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and has been described as the opera buffa of all "opere buffe". Even after two hundred years, it remains a popular production.

The opera's overture and this aria have been famously parodied in animated cartoons starring Woody Woodpecker (The Barber of Seville), Bugs Bunny (Rabbit of Seville and Long-Haired Hare), Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (You Ought to Be in Pictures), Sylvester (Back Alley Oproar), Tom and Jerry (The Cat Above and the Mouse Below), as well as in Tex Avery's Magical Maestro, Warner Bros' One Froggy Evening and 20th Century Fox's Mrs. Doubtfire.

[sefabasmoglu]

Bugs Bunny: 02:07
Tom and Jerry: 04:28

[LetsGoPredators]

Bugs Bunny is the reason I like classical music.

[Joaza]

I can’t stop grinning when 2:08 starts.

[theredplanet]

Thank you very much for posting, and also for the insight. I’ve just got into classic music in the last five years, consider myself a novice. It’s people like you, that keep new entrants informed. I now know much more than I did yesterday. It’s true what they say, that you learn something new everyday. My heartfelt thanks to you.

[RenStimpyProductionMusic]

What a great couple of guys he is. PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, MR!

[fumble_brewski]

“How do! Welcome to my shop, let me cut your mop, let me shave your crop….daintily.”

[TheYankeePiper]

I got that Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon playing in my head to this :D

[ultimateloser]

When your local barbershop is that awesome

[miltontohd]

i love the bugs references. 😆 when cartoons were somewhat "enlightening?" lol

[mastergojidorah]

The dislikes are from the times Bugs outsmarted Elmer Fudd.

[MsGgg]

Arriba la buena música y la caricaturas.

[ShashankArv]

2:06 Helicopter Song
3:41 Airplane Song

[Sharingan]

I remembered there was a TV show they play this song every next segment they play, it was some kind of _Clip Show_ that was around the 90s, it was similiar to America’s Funniest Home Videos

I forgot what it was called

but also:

• Looney Tunes
• Tom & Jerry
• The Three Musketeers (Mickey, Donald & Goofy version) DVD Bonus Features

brought me here

[mrlemonade]

4:46 Finally! The perfect place for my Cell ga...

Son of an emerald horse, starting again!

[Altntastuncay]

Sabahları yastığın altında dinleyerek zevkten dört köşe oluyorum

[blairparkinson]

Needed to poop whilst listing to this and once I had finished I turned around to flush, lo and behold for all to see was a perfect replica of The Sistine Chapel, complete with all the painted ceilings and artworks inside.

So I guess you could say I was inspired by this lovely music lol

[mierpaul]

don't you see I'm much sweeter. I'm your little senoriter

[kimlamayen]

02:07 Is this also from Vincenzo (Korean drama)?

[moleqle]

Ooh you're nice and clean, although your face, looks like it might have gone through a machine.

[megandresback]

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (Bartok)