Which two-century-old Rossini comic opera premiered in Rome in 1816 and reached New Orleans in French translation at the Théâtre d'Orléans on 4 March 1823, becoming the first opera ever staged in the American city?

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The Barber of Seville. 'The Barber of Seville', Rossini's fizzy 1816 opera buffa based on Beaumarchais' play, has stayed in the repertoire for over two centuries. Its New Orleans premiere at the Théâtre d'Orléans introduced grand opera to the American South.