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AFTER the immense success of "La Gazza Ladra," Rossini returned to Naples. It will be remembered that while he was at Rome superintending the production of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" the San Carlo had been burnt down. King Ferdinand was in despair at the loss of his magnificent theatre; but that enterprising manager, Barbaja, hearing of his monarch'