guys i just found out that there is another Barber opera.
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guys i just found out that there is another Barber opera. Some guy named Francesco Morlacchi wrote a new score to the Petrosellini libretto used by Paisiello and he had the extremely terrible luck to premiere his opera literally two months after Rossini's Barber, thus all his hard work was ignored and lost to history
so ofc we must investigate this third Barber opera
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guys i just found out that there is another Barber opera. Some guy named Francesco Morlacchi wrote a new score to the Petrosellini libretto used by Paisiello and he had the extremely terrible luck to premiere his opera literally two months after Rossini's Barber, thus all his hard work was ignored and lost to history
so ofc we must investigate this third Barber opera
tracked down a recording, have listened to the major songs. I guess Morlacchi was trying to coast on the huge popularity of Paisiello's Barber by setting the libretto to new music, but he missed the part that Petrosellini's libretto is thoroughly mid and what makes Paisiello's Barber fun is the, uh, Paisiello.
the score is mid. the libretto is mid. Yeah Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) by Francesco Morlacchi is mid.
however, im not gonna complain about more barber content
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tracked down a recording, have listened to the major songs. I guess Morlacchi was trying to coast on the huge popularity of Paisiello's Barber by setting the libretto to new music, but he missed the part that Petrosellini's libretto is thoroughly mid and what makes Paisiello's Barber fun is the, uh, Paisiello.
the score is mid. the libretto is mid. Yeah Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) by Francesco Morlacchi is mid.
however, im not gonna complain about more barber content
Paisiello's Barber being lost to history is a travesty. Morlacchi's Barber being lost to history is uh. Well I am sure he worked very hard on it
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Paisiello's Barber being lost to history is a travesty. Morlacchi's Barber being lost to history is uh. Well I am sure he worked very hard on it
MY BARBER RANKINGS
1. Paisiello's Barber and Mozart's Nozze as one single very long opera. DIVINE
2. Rossini's Barber as a standalone work. timeless comedy genius
3. Paisiellos' Barber as a standalone work. a gem of the classical era
4. Morlacchi's Barber. it's not bad but it ain't got any rizz
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tracked down a recording, have listened to the major songs. I guess Morlacchi was trying to coast on the huge popularity of Paisiello's Barber by setting the libretto to new music, but he missed the part that Petrosellini's libretto is thoroughly mid and what makes Paisiello's Barber fun is the, uh, Paisiello.
the score is mid. the libretto is mid. Yeah Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) by Francesco Morlacchi is mid.
however, im not gonna complain about more barber content
@Xibanya to paraphrase a famous quote, «barber content is like pizza; even when it's bad it's still pretty good» or something