The part of Figaro in
The Barber of Seville was written for Zamboni by
Gioachino Rossini, who was also a family friend. Zamboni created the role at the
Teatro Argentina in Rome on 20 February 1816. He had urged Rossini and Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, the cash-strapped impresario of the Teatro Argentina, to engage his sister-in-law, Elisabetta Gafforini, as Rosina for the premiere. However, her fee was too high and in the end they settled on
Geltrude Righetti. ==Russia==