Volunteers outside the USA: William Raymond Taylor died in 1976. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
The follow-on play, The Follies of a Day: or the Marriage of Figaro is now live in the Catalog.
This project is complete. Audio files can be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/the-barber-of-seville-by-pierre-beaumarchais/Count Almaviva's heart is stolen when he lays eyes on Rosine, but he worries that she will only love him for his money. Can Figaro help him? This comedy is the first play in Beaumarchais' Figaro trilogy. It was written in 1773, but because of political and legal problems, Beaumarchais could not stage the play until 1775. The Barber of Seville was adapted into at least five operas, the best-known being by Rossini. The other plays in the trilogy are The Follies of a Day: or the Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=msu.31293104155290&view=2up&seq=7&skin=2021
Editor: LCaulkins
Stage Directions: Reserved
DPL Roles: LCaulkins
DPL Completed Acts: to be found
**Pronunciations
Rosine: Ro-SEE-nuh (with the final syllable very short in length)
Bazile: Bah-SEEL, (not BAY-zil)
Figaro: FEE-gah-ro
Bartholo: Bar-TOE-low
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
- Project Code: a7BhmY2b
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Beaumarchais (Pierre Beaumarchais)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 33
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
- Original publication date (if known):
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog?
- Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Dramatic Readings; Plays/Comedy; Culture & Heritage Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: comedy, play, figaro, beaumarchais, barber, seville, french drama
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
For individual roles:
Submit one file per act. At the beginning of the first file, say:
Leave 3-5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence)."Character, read by your name."
For narration/stage directions:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
At the end of each file say:"Act # of The Barber of Seville, by Pierre Beaumarchais, translated by William Raymond Taylor. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of Act #."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Barber of Seville, by Pierre Beaumarchais, translated by William Raymond Taylor."
Filename:
For individual roles: barberofseville_role_#.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. barberofseville_romeo_1.mp3)
For final files: barberofseville_#_beaumarchais_128kb.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. barberofseville_1_beaumarchais_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)
MC to select: toddhw
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
