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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and opera take stage for outdoor concert Sunday

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 11 Sep 2020
46 minutes ago ... It’s part of PBT’s Open Air Concert Series ... Gray, a baritone, will solo on the popular “Largo al factotum” from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and a relatively new piece called “O vin , dissipe la tristesse” from Thomas’ “Hamlet.” ... ....
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Knoxville Opera plays for local students at Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center

Citizen Tribune 09 May 2019
played an almost two-hour set with popular opera classics and some Disney classics thrown into the mix ... At one point, Bearden came up to the stage to sing “Largo al factotum” a piece from the opera “Barber of Seville.” The song is popularly known in commercials and animated movies for the part where the singer belts out “Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!”.
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The week in radio and podcasts: Scala Radio; Don’t Log Off; Moving Pictures – review

The Observer 10 Mar 2019
. planetradio.co.uk. ... ... Music? Mayo plays John Barry, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, that Figaro opera one (Rossini’s Largo al factotum), a classical version of Coldplay’s The Scientist. All whistleable, the type of classical music made popular by adverts and cinema scores, and the whole show really is easy listening, in the non-pejorative sense ... .
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Cleveland Opera Theater aims for laughs with 'The Barber of Seville'

Cleveland 03 Oct 2018
Yes, Boyagian and crew are looking forward to cracking people up with what amounts to a rescue story, done in the style of a 1920s gangster film, but they're also eager to revel in Bel Canto and expand their audience with uber-popular music, including the famous "Largo al factotum.".
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Many stellar voices in Lyric’s annual ‘Rising Stars in Concert’

Chicago Sun-Times 15 Apr 2013
There were no supernovas Saturday night at the annual, season-ending “Rising Stars in Concert” of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center ... And Liverman did the same with Figaro’s popular “Largo al factotum” from Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” which he managed to make sound fresh and his own ... Andrew Patner is critic at large at WFMT-FM (98.7). .
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Dynamic Duo — Mandy Patinkin, Nathan Gunn unite for eclectic music mix

Chicago Sun-Times 25 Aug 2011
Updated. August 24, 2011 6.09PM. When Broadway icon Mandy Patinkin and opera star Nathan Gunn first met, they were side by side for Sondheim ...Mandy starts off singing in the bathtub, while I have this ‘Largo al factotum’ [the famous baritone aria from Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” popularly known as “Figaro, Figaro”] thing going on,” Gunn said ... .
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Mandy Patinkin, Nathan Gunn unite at Ravinia

Chicago Sun-Times 24 Aug 2011
Updated. August 26, 2011 9.04PM. When Broadway icon Mandy Patinkin and opera star Nathan Gunn first met, they were side by side for Sondheim ...Mandy starts off singing in the bathtub, while I have this ‘Largo al factotum’ [the famous baritone aria from Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” popularly known as “Figaro, Figaro”] thing going on,” Gunn said ... .
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PERFORMING ARTS The 'Barber' has cut it with opera fans for nearly y e a ...

Dayton Daily News 23 Mar 2008
The title of Figaro's widely recognized aria - popularized in settings ranging from animated cartoons to commercials - is actually "Largo al factotum" ("make way for the factotum") - the factotum being said Figaro, the self-styled go-to man of the city.
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Sunny day with the Queen

BBC News 02 Jun 2002
They felt overstaged within the boisterous celebratory feel of the concert, although Sir Thomas Allen's rendition of Largo al Factotum was great fun ... Following the ever-popular Royal Fireworks music, with the real fireworks seen on the screens and tantalisingly glimpsed in the ...
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