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“Il barbiere di Siviglia, Alma Viva o sia l’inutile precauzione (The barber of Seville, Alma Viva or useless precaution) is a buffalo opera in two acts by the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the comedy Le Barbier de Séville, by French playwright Pierre Beaumarchais.