In the Cambridge Companion to Rossini, the editor, Emanuele Senici, writes that Rossini spelt the name variously as Gioachino or Gioacchino in his early years, before finally settling on the former in the …

Gioachino Rossini was an Italian composer noted for his operas, particularly his comic operas, of which The Barber of Seville (1816), Cinderella (1817), and Semiramide (1823) are among the best known.

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) was an Italian composer of around 40 operas, including the comic operas The Italian Girl in Algiers and The Barber of Seville. Rossini...

Gioachino Rossini was born in Pesaro on 29 February 1792 to Giuseppe, known as “Vivazza”, a horn and trumpet player in the town band and theatres, and Anna Guidarini, a singer, who had a brief …

Rossini was not only the chief operatic composer of his time, but also a great innovator. Lesueur, the greatest composer of the French school, said his ardent genius had opened a new road and marked …

Rossini’s fame started to spread across Europe. His comedic masterpieces, including L’Italiana in Algeri, La G azza Ladra and his most famous work, The Barber of Seville, were regarded as cornerstones of …

Rossini, who had been considering the subject of Faust for a new opera, returned, however, to Paris in the November of that year. Six movements of his Stabat Mater were written in 1832 and the rest in …

Aug 20, 2024 · Rossini’s music was admired for its melodic inventiveness, rhythmic vitality, and dramatic expression. His operas set a standard that influenced later composers such as Gaetano Donizetti …

Gioacchino Rossini was born in Pesaro on February 29, 1792. Son of musicians (his father played the horn and his mother sang in troupes of fairground operas), he studied singing and harmony in …

Although Rossini’s early works are performed only infrequently today, they paved the way for later Italian opera giants Bellini, Donizetti and ultimately Verdi.