Barbarina (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro). Soprano. Niece of the gardener Antonio and cousin of Susanna. In love with Cherubino. Responsible for delivering a note, supposedly arranging an assignation with Susanna, to Count Almaviva. Aria: L'ho perduta, me meschina! (‘I have lost it, unhappy me!’). A role in which many sopranos have first made their mark. Created (1786) by Anna Gottlieb (aged 12!).
Barbarina
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- (Maria) Anna Gottlieb (music)
- Pamina (character)
- Susan Gritton
- Gundula Janowitz
- Lucia Popp
- Antonio (character)
- Cherubino (character)
- Le nozze di Figaro (opera)
- Sofie Ottosen (Classical Musician)
- Handel Arias (Classical Album)
- La Barberina (person)
- Gundula Janowitz (Classical Musician)
- Lucia Popp (Classical Artist, '90s)
- Anne-Kristiina Kaappola (Classical Musician)
