The title of the talk is The Barber of Seville's Close Shaves. In addition to briefly describing the plot, James will discuss Figaro's embodiment of revolutionary aspirations against the ancien régime  and Rossini's own aspirations to compose serious music in addition to the opera buffa that made him famous, Barber being foremost amongst those. 

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