Score Title

Zitti, Zitti
Rondo on 'Zitti, Zitti, Piano, Piano' from Rossini's 'Barber of Seville'

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Bochsa based his delightfully frothy little Rondo on the marvellously witty trio ‘Zitti, zitti, piano, piano’ from Rossini’s ‘Barber of Seville’, based, in its turn, on the comedy by Beaumarchais. A commedia in two acts, Rossini’s opera received its first performance in Rome in 1816, and despite being hissed on that occasion, it soon gained enormous popularity. Bochsa was already living in London and may well have been present when the opera received its first London performances two years later.