This little composition…is, alas, the final mortal sin of my old age. A little technique, a little heart, that is all.” ...
Review of Rossini's 'Il Turco in Italia']Following this Wednesday (October 7th), I ended up seeing Rossini's 'Il Turco in ...
After finishing his comic opera “Le comte Ory” in 1828, Rossini had begun working on a new project. “Guillaume Tell,” or ...
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If you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as Lord Byron did when he went to a performance in Venice in 1818 – you ...
Some authorities believe that Rossini always intended Guillaume Tell to be his final opera – that the attractions of early retirement at the age of 37 were too much to resist. Others maintain that it ...
On July 16, 2016, conductor Will Crutchfield will take up his baton to conduct the American premiere of Gioachino Antonio Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira at Caramoor. With a wave of his hand, he will ...
IntroductionBeyond the irrationality of the content discussed in (1), "The Turk in Italy" also has parts that lean extremely ...
Gioachino Rossini was an operatic genius, a master of the patter-song, and a provider of operatic joy for generations of audiences. Gioachino Rossini was born into a family of musicians in Pesaro, a ...
To see more of Rossini’s talent, check out Opera Southwest’s production of “L’Italiana in Algeri” from 2011. The NewsHour wants to hear from artists who have found creative ways to turn their artistic ...