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Events on Tuesday 20 February 1816 1
1816Premiere of The Barber of SevilleRossini's opera debuts at the Teatro Argentina in RomeGioachino Rossini's opera Il barbiere di Siviglia premiered in Rome to a famously hostile first-night reception, reportedly disrupted by partisans of a rival composer. It went on to become one of the most popular and enduring works in the operatic comic repertoire.