 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.