baritone vocals, performer [figaro] Robert Merrill
baritone vocals, performer [fioello, a sergeant] Calvin Marsh
bass vocals, performer [ambrogio] Carlo Tomanelli
bass vocals, performer [don basilio] Giorgio Tozzi
bass vocals, performer [dr. bartolo] Fernando Corena
chorus Metropolitan Opera Chorus
chorus master Kurt Herbert Adler
composed by Gioacchino Rossini
conductor Erich Leinsdorf
conductor [assistant conductor] Victor Trucco
engineer [recording] Lewis Layton
leader [musical director] Richard Mohr
libretto by Cesare Sterbini
liner notes [libretto into english] Edward J. Dent
mezzo-soprano vocals, performer [berta] Margaret Roggero
orchestra The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
soprano vocals, performer [rosina] Roberta Peters
tenor vocals, performer [count almaviva] Cesare Valletti
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
This is the first issue of this cat #

From the Libretto:
Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Comic Opera in 3 Acts

Based on the play Le Barbier de Séville by Beaumarchais
First performed at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, February 20, 1816

This release was issued in a heavy cardboard folder style case. It has a front lift up flap that is secured with a metal clasp.

Sung in Italian

Issued with a 44 page Libretto with cast bios, an article about the production, a summary of the acts, and a script of the opera. Written in Italian and English

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