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Which play inspired Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville?

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Gioachino Rossini’s famous comic opera, The Barber of Seville, was inspired by the 1775 play titled Le Barbier de Séville, written by the French dramatist Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.12

The play, which is a four-act farcical drama, served as the foundation for the opera's plot, which features the resourceful barber Figaro assisting Count Almaviva in his efforts to win the hand of Rosina. Rossini’s adaptation, featuring a libretto by Cesare Sterbini, premiered in 1816 and remains a staple of the operatic repertoire.123