LRI2909802 Illustrations for the opera \'The Barber of Seville\', by Gioachino Rossini (litho) by Italian School, (19th century); (add.info.: The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution, 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 Seville (1775). The premiere of Rossini\'s opera (under the title Almaviva, o sia L\'inutile precauzione) took place on 20 February 1816 at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.); Luisa Ricciarini; Italian, out of copyright.