This aria is from Act 1 of Gioachino Rossini's comic opera The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and takes place after Doctor Bartolo catches his ward Rosina in several lies. If The Barber of Seville were a modern musical this would be "the villain song".
My vocal type is contralto profondo and while this aria lies within my range, it's a little lower than my tessitura and some of the more difficult passages are performed an octave higher than written. I struggled with the very fast tongue twisting lyrics some 3/4ths of the way through and might revisit this song when I've improved my Italian a bit more. However, most of the song is performed as indicated in the score and, I think, well, so I hope you enjoy hearing this old aria with the new twist of being performed by a contralto profondo rather than a bass.
I also performed this song in English so I could do the fast part perfectly lol • Un dottor della mia so...
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This is part of my project to sing all of The Barber of Seville by myself. You can check out the rest here: • The Barber of Seville