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It was "La Cambiale di Matrimonio," an opera buffa in one act, and was produced in 1810. During the next three years he wrote several works for Venice and Milan, which were successful, but none of them created such a furor as "Tancredi." This was followed by "L' Italiana in Algeri," "Aureliano in Palmira," and "Il Turco in Italia." In 1815 appeared "The Barber of Seville."
In opera buffa, a field in which his talents shone even more brilliantly, his earliest success was made with 'L'Italiana in Algeri' , which was followed in 1815 by the world-famous 'Barbiere di Siviglia. This was originally produced in Rome under the name of 'Almaviva, and strangely enough, proved an emphatic failure. For this, however, the music was scarcely responsible.
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