Food and food stories followed Rossini. For the premiere of his French grand opera William Tell, chefs in Paris prepared an apple tart with an arrow of sugar decorating the top. Having lost a bet to Rossini, a friend owed him several truffle-stuffed turkeys. Where is Rossini buried? What type of music did Rossini compose? Classical Opera. What kind of home did Gioachino Rossini live in?
Naples, The Teatro San Carlo becomes Rossini's home base, and he soon becomes its artistic director. Since the San Carlo only plays serious opera, Rossini composes nine of them in Naples. His Otello is a landmark in the development of 19th-century opera. Where did Gioachino Rossini go to school? Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. What is a musical overture?
His operas are amongst the most performed in the world. Only Verdi, Mozart and Puccini have more of their operas performed each year. He could have been a Melburnian; Rossini loved fine food. His name can still be found on menus in gourmet restaurants around the world. Tournedos Rossini is an eye fillet topped with a slice of foie gras, garnished with truffle and finished with a Madeira or port wine sauce.
At age 23, Rossini composed his famous comic opera The Barber of Seville in less than three weeks. He claims 12 days. He was an opera-writing machine. In the family moved to Bologna, where Rossini sang professionally and took engagements as the maestro di cembalo in various local theatres.
His first opera, Demetrio e Polibio , was commissioned in but not performed until , by which time his five next operas had received their premieres. In he moved to Naples, the historic home of Italian opera. He continued to write works for other cities, including Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola for Rome and La gazza ladra for Milan.
By he had reached international acclaim, and settled in Paris in In his opera seria he introduced innovations that transformed Italian opera, and would influence generations of French and Italian composers.
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