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Gioachino Rossini
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Within a few years Gioachino Rossini became the most famous opera composer in Europe, and he wrote almost forty operas. His music teems with rapid vocal ornamentation and with long crescendos in which the orchestra grows steadily louder and fuller. According to tradition, he wrote Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816) in a matter of weeks. After Guillaume Tell in 1829 he lived for almost forty more years, mostly in Paris, without writing another opera.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to Largo al factotum and hear how Figaro lists his own name and talents faster and faster, like an early rapper.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (Leo Nucci, Giuseppe Patanè) · Gioachino Rossini, 1816
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa (Cecilia Bartoli, Giuseppe Patanè) · Gioachino Rossini, 1816
Guillaume Tell: Ouverture (Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano) · Gioachino Rossini, 1829
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) · Gioachino Rossini, 1816
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- Bel canto and Italian opera Genre
With Tancredi (1813) Gioachino Rossini fixed the set form of the aria and in 1816 he had a success with Il barbiere di Siviglia.
See also
Categories: ArtistsBel canto and Italian opera