Rossini, Gioacchino: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Gioacchino Rossini
Cast: Victoria de Los Angeles, Luigi Alva, Carlo Cava, Ian Wallace, Sesto Bruscantini, Laura Sarti, Duncan Robertson, Harold Williams and John Rhys Evans,  with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by Vittorio Gui.
Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: SLS 5165
Country of Issue: UK
Date: 1963  (this pressing is from the early 70s judging by the label design)
Stereo
Format: LP Boxed Set (3 discs plus booklet)
Label design: HMV red label, mono logo (3rd stereo style)
Discs: Near Mint, unmarked
Outer box: EX+  (front and back fine,  scuffs on bottom edge (largest one about 15mm across shown on photo)
Inner sleeves: original, polylined, as new
Booklet: full size 28pp, perfect

This item appears as new throughout except as mentioned above. Acquired by us in 2007 as part of a large collection but never played since.

The 1963 Glyndebourne production of The Barberwas taken direct from Rossini's manuscripts and show differences from the (up until 1963) generally accepted version,   and is claimed to be the most fully authentic version avaialable.