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Gioachino Rossini, or Giovacchino Antonio Rossini, was one of the
the most acclaimed and popular composers, enjoying a rare fame,
the time of his life. His father always played in the municipal band, and his mother who
did not know the notes, he only played by ear. He was raised by a grandmother and
then he did his apprenticeship with a farrier. He took music seriously only after he
moves together with the family to Bologna.
His first attempts at composition are religious works and music of
camera. The first work, 'Demetrio e Polutio', started at the age of 15, will be
completed only in 1812. He did not finish his study of counterpoint and fugue because
he received an order from "Teatro San Mosè" in Venice for a musical farce,
"The Marriage Contract" ("The Marriage Policy").
The 'Rossinian' style takes shape from the very beginning, starting at the age of 18. It
easily compose various works. Thus, within an interval of approximately 17 years,
Rossini will offer the public 40 operas, of which almost half have remained in
repertoire. The same overture will serve for "Aureliano in Palmira" (1813), then to
"Elisabeth, Queen of England" (1815), before achieving worldwide fame with
"The Barber of Seville" (The Barber from Seville), in 1816.
Rossini's vision of the new Italian opera is in consonance with the whole.
or behavior from the first half of his life. As a young musician, he shows how
an innovator can be, justifying the nickname given to him by one of his contemporaries
the Italians, "Il Tedeschino", meaning "The Little German".
The activity of composing occupies only the first part of his life. It is
marked by a series of successes that lead him from Northern Italy to Naples, where he
he marries a famous singer, Isabella Colbran, then abroad: in Vienna
where he meets Beethoven, in London and finally in Paris, where he settles,
1824, as director of the Italian theater. His works from these years, so appreciated
sunt: „Scara de mătase” (1812), „Tancred” si „Italianca în Alger” (1813), „Turcul
in Italy" (1814), "Elizabeth, Queen of England" (1815), then, in 1816, The Barber of
Seville and 'Otello'; 'Cinderella' (1817), 'Moses in Egypt' (1818), 'The Woman of
"Lago" (1819), "Semiramida" (1823), which is the last of the great works composed
for the Italian scenes. In Paris, he will create another opera-buffa in the Italian language,
then you will write in French, 'Siege of Corinth'. The last two works, a farce,
"Count Ory" (1828) and a historical drama, "William Tell" (1829) are composed
directly from French notebooks.
Sick, mentally and morally exhausted, he wanders through the cities of Italy; in 1855 he returns.
the Paris where he will stay until death and where he holds a salon through which artists pass,
musicians, writers, even Richard Wagner. Throughout all these years he composed very
little: a 'Stabat Mater' (1842), a small 'Missa solemnis', a few songs for
you and piano. He died on November 13, 1868, in Passy (now a district of Paris), in
after undergoing an abdominal operation, being initially buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in
Paris, and in 1887 it was moved to the basilica 'Santa Croce' in Florence (Italy).
Thus, alongside Vincenzo Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti, Rossini remains
one of the leading composers of bel canto opera.