| 单词 | Rossini |
| 例句 | She ended up with over 300 names, a who’s-who of 19th-century icons: composers like Rossini, Liszt and Schumann; novelists like George Sand, Victor Hugo and Ivan Turgenev, her lover; Giuseppe Mazzini and Napoleon III. A Queen of 19th-Century Opera Gets New Attention 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “Here, at the age of 36, Rossini said: ‘Stop. A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The volume is part of a Bärenreiter project to publish the complete operas of Rossini in scholarly editions, with Mr. Gossett as general editor. Whose Version of Rossini? Scholar Disagrees With the Met 2011-04-08T19:41:26Z His eye-rolling, pantomiming performance sometimes grew exhausting, but vocally, he remained focused and resonant in every angle and turn of the sometimes preposterous coloratura passages Rossini assigned to him. Review: ‘L’Italiana in Algeri,’ a Comedy With Coloratura and Pasta 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Two operas will be performed, one by Rossini and one by Johann Simon Mayr, Donizetti’s teacher, with titles to be announced. At Caramoor, an Operatic Milestone That’s Both Farewell and Beginning 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z She inflects her celebrated takes on Rossini with the dazzled wonder of a musical theater actress and delights in programming populist encores like “Over the Rainbow.” Opera’s Miss Congeniality Takes On a Rare ‘Cinderella’ 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “Count Ory” dates from 1828, when Rossini was writing for the Paris stage and is based on a farce set in medieval France. High notes and high jinks: Lawrence Brownlee returns to Seattle Opera for bawdy ‘Count Ory’ 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Maybe the field of opera has learned more about Rossini style since this 1950 broadcast. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z She was often teamed with Marilyn Horne, with whom she recorded a wonderful version of Rossini's Semiramide. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z Based on Voltaire's account of the Queen of Babylon in 800BC, Semiramide is as dark as Rossini gets, its superficial cheerfulness as sinister a fallacy as a bling chandelier still lit above a bombed-out ballroom. Semiramide ? review 2011-08-29T17:30:00Z Wagner was impressed by the man but remained unconvinced, mulling afterward what Rossini could have produced had he “felt within himself the religion of his art.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Rossini was a savvy man of the theater. Whose Version of Rossini? Scholar Disagrees With the Met 2011-04-08T19:41:26Z This popular program, in its 16th year, did so again on Saturday night with a Rossini rarity, “Ciro in Babilonia,” first presented in Ferrara, Italy, in 1812, just weeks after the precocious Rossini’s 20th birthday. Music Review: ‘Ciro in Babilonia’ by Rossini, in Bel Canto at Caramoor 2012-07-08T21:08:06Z I wish we had gotten a taste of the French Rossini, provided on the album through “Le Siège de Corinthe.” Review: Two Tenors. Many, Many High Notes. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “A Corny Concerto,” and “The Rabbit of Seville,” the sound tracks of which feature Wagner, Rossini, and Johann Strauss II adapted by the legendary professionals Milt Franklyn and Carl W. Stalling. Cultural Clicks: "Mad Men," the Radical Art of Chris Burden, and the Momofuku Empire 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Though reluctant, Rossini composed the sublime opening movement and went on to write 5 more of the work’s 10 sections. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z It was not until the 1950s that many once-hailed works by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini were heard again, thanks to powerful champions like Maria Callas and Joan Sutherland. Anna Netrebko, Consider New Opera. Please. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Colaneri and his cast also had to deal with the vocal embellishments and ornamentation that are part of performing Rossini. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Parsing the real reasons why Rossini stopped composing is hard because he was not, to say the least, given to personal revelations. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z “We wanted to be absolutely sure that we weren’t just rehashing famous arias of Rossini,” Joseph Colaneri, Glimmerglass’s music director, said on Zoom. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z ‘GUILLAUME TELL’ Performed in October for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in its original French, Rossini’s final opera was imposingly cast — and conducted, with his usual lucidity, by Fabio Luisi. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z These dances show him to be the choreographic equivalent of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, whose era he shared. Review: New York City Ballet Performs Bournonville Classics at Spring Gala 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Rossini’s perfect overture is disfigured, tossed off in less than two minutes. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z Seeing promise, the Zurich company gave him the lead role in Rossini’s comedy “L’Italiana in Algeri” in 2007, a run that happened to coincide with a conference of European opera company administrators. Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z A selection of songs by Verdi and Rossini made the most of Simone Osborne’s keen dramatic instinct. Music in Review: Marilyn Horne’s Protégés in ‘The Song Continues’ 2013-01-21T22:56:40Z Christopher Maltman hosts a performance of Rossini’s tragic opera. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Sharp Objects’ and ‘Snowden’ 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z The climactic three-way — one of Rossini’s most inspired, shape-shifting ensembles, with lines tumbling over one another like lovers — throws off genuine sparks. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z “Wagner has beautiful moments,” Rossini supposedly said, “but bad quarters of an hour.” Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z The two singers each got a stand-alone number from Rossini’s delightful song repertory, with Spyres particularly melting and burnished in the passionate “L’Esule.” Review: Two Tenors. Many, Many High Notes. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z It is built up a bit like the last scene of a Rossini comedy, a carefully constructed image of cacophony and motion, and cruel humor sending sparks in all directions. For this Dutch master, a cigar is rarely just a cigar 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z They explore oddities of individual careers, such as Rossini's celebrated retirement, and Verdi's curious, rather overlooked trajectory – in his first 14 years as a composer, he wrote 19 operas, in his last 48, exactly eight. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z The story, to a libretto by Felice Romani, which Rossini completed in great haste, as usual, when he was only 22, is as mad as it is immoral. Il turco in Italia; Felicity Lott, London Conchord Ensemble 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z Rossini said he’d been exhausted in the late 1820s, and when he returned to Italy to rest, he found the quality of singing and audiences had declined. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z On Sunday Mr. Brownlee will be the guest artist at the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Grand Finals Concert, a competition he won 10 years ago, singing arias by Rossini and Donizetti. Top Notes That Shatter The Glass Ceiling 2011-03-11T15:32:57Z Such details matter, because Rossini's piece is a fundamentally serious social comedy. The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury) ? review 2010-10-19T11:58:00Z The stage is set for bellicose ensembles and arias of extreme and regularly conflicted emotions, which Rossini sets to music as vocally flamboyant as it is harmonically tense and orchestrally powerful. Maometto Secondo – review 2013-06-10T17:04:05Z But starting in the 1980s, the Pesaro festival — which ended on Friday — pursued the scholarly rediscovery of even Rossini’s most obscure compositions, together with a dedication to teaching the magnificent fireworks of Rossinian style. Pesaro’s Opera Festival Accelerated Rossini’s Renaissance 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Alison Luz makes a presentable stab at conveying Rossini's score on the piano, but firmer musical direction would tidy up more loose ends. The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury) ? review 2010-10-19T11:58:00Z Musical values were high in the orchestra pit, where Gianluigi Gelmetti made a strong case for the score as one of Rossini's finest. Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z The opera, which is based on the same series of plays that inspired Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” follows two servants facing a rollicking series of obstacles as they make their path to the altar. Opera, Ballet and More Treats for Fall: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z And remember a Verdi staccato is not like a Rossini staccato; it is detached but not as abrupt. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z But when the piece was not ready for the scheduled premiere, Rossini, pleading health problems, asked a fellow composer, Giovanni Tadolini, to complete it. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z “I was fascinated by the sound of the oboe on a record we had of the overture to Rossini’s opera ‘The Silken Ladder,’” Mr. Stacy recalled in a 1996 interview with The Associated Press. Thomas Stacy, Master of the English Horn, Dies at 84 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z With Rossini’s radiant late operas receiving ever more respect and attention, it seems increasingly perverse that Stendhal, his first biographer, loudly preferred his early comic works. Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center 2012-02-05T22:34:44Z The order of the program — Carter, Brahms, Schumann, Rossini — may surprise some listeners. Composer Elliott Carter’s symphonic gift for the SSO 2013-01-31T23:01:18Z Seattle Opera invites families to a free afternoon at McCaw Hall, where they can learn more about the art form and the company’s next production, opening Saturday: Rossini’s “Cinderella.” Arts and entertainment highlights for the week of Dec. 30 2012-12-27T19:32:18Z I saw Rossini's Cinderella ... and I was sitting there thinking the average pantomime has more psychological truth in it than this stuff. Monty Python's Terry Jones sinks his teeth into canine opera 2011-04-08T21:00:01Z Diangienda is now on his way to London to become an honorary member of the Royal Philharmonic Society, an accolade previously granted to the likes of Mendelssohn, Rossini, Wagner, Brahms and Stravinsky. The scratch orchestra of Kinshasa 2013-05-09T17:29:43Z By that time the city’s operatic tastes were shifting toward Meyerbeer’s epic spectacles, which Rossini dismissed as “the big.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Schiff's sense of fun was soon to the fore, with a playful approach to Beethoven's first movement right-hand flourishes that brought Rossini to mind. András Schiff – review 2012-11-21T19:21:09Z Then Rossini begins his intricately patterned quintet, initially with three voices following each other in canon until all five voices are involved and the texture becomes increasingly overloaded. La Cenerentola - a musical guide 2012-06-19T12:21:43Z Rossini was capable of tragic sublimity, as you can see from such works of his as "Moses in Egypt" and "William Tell." Review: Seattle Opera's 'Barber' really cuts it 2011-01-17T21:39:14Z His duet with Otello was taut and exciting, one of several instances in which Rossini experiments with ways to characterize different voices within a narrow range. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Rossini’s Cinderella story, “La Cenerentola,” a revival of which opens Monday, ends with the happy couple embracing atop a giant wedding cake. Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z Young musicians from two groups will join the program, which includes Rossini’s Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:34:36Z A woman is also on the verge of a breakdown, but far more amusingly, in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Last October Pope Francis allowed guests of the Porsche Travel Club to attend a concert of music by Rossini inside the chapel as part of their €5,000-per-person tour of Rome. Full to bursting 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Anyone knowing just the famous overture will be surprised by the range and expansiveness of Rossini's writing throughout this high-minded hymn to freedom. Top of the Proms 2011 2011-07-07T20:30:02Z Caurier and Leiser sometimes lose sight of the underlying artifice, though the updating really brings home Rossini's often delighted approval of hedonistic pleasure. Il Turco in Italia | Opera review 2010-04-04T20:30:00Z Even pieces that, today, are typically curtain-raisers or encores— Rossini Overtures, the Dvořák “Slavonic Dances”—have an uncommon intensity that makes them sound like major statements. ‘George Szell: The Complete Columbia Album Collection’ Review: A Maestro’s Time in Cleveland Still Shines 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z In 1824 Stendhal worried that Rossini “has already written too much; or rather, has written too fast.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z In opera the resurrections of Handel and Rossini over the last half century suggest different possibilities. Celebrating an 18th-Century Composer, Carl Loewe 2012-02-24T21:05:38Z “I tell people that if Baroque isn’t to your taste, then come see the Rossini, and if Rossini isn’t to your taste, then come see the premiere of Hosokawa,” he said. Gotham Chamber Opera Has Rare Works and Many Venues 2013-12-24T21:40:58Z How familiar those occasions, whether in Rossini, Donizetti or Léhar, when the slapstick grows slappier and stickier and our expressions freeze to a scowl. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z But if his fastidious lyricism endowed his Mozart and his Rossini with grace as well as drive, his ability to twist a score taut also gave his Mendelssohn, and even his Debussy, immense cumulative force. A Conductor’s Career, Cut Short, Still Blazes on Recordings 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z She opened the program with three Spanish songs by Rossini. Music Review: Vivica Genaux and Daniel Okulitch at Morgan Library & Museum 2012-12-11T22:13:40Z Armida dominates the opera, encompassing seduction, happiness, despair and rage, and Rossini translates her magic powers and charisma into dazzling music. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns to Rossini?s Tale of a Sorceress and Her Crusader 2011-02-20T22:58:51Z She made her debut at the Met in 2013 in Rossini’s “Comte Ory,” filling in for the soprano who had become ill, and tripped when she was exiting the stage. Pretty Yende Unmasks a Promising Opera Career 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z His staging takes Rossini's repertoire of musical gesture, full as it is of sheer zaniness, and turns it into an equally zany visual experience, while illuminating the characters' puppetlike status. Review: Seattle Opera's 'Barber' really cuts it 2011-01-17T21:39:14Z “It’s Rossini’s greatest opera,” Mr. Audi said during an interview in the Colonel’s Reception Room at the Armory, with the sound of marching in the background. A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z There are about 20 of them, and Josquin is there, next to Rossini. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Three times a week on the radio, those words, juxtaposed with the galloping strains of Rossini’s “William Tell” overture, captivated generations of midcentury Americans. Fred Foy, ?Lone Ranger? Announcer, Dies at 89 2010-12-23T06:59:22Z Rossini stripped out much of the incendiary content to maximize the comedy. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Rossini’s serious operas are serious undertakings: long, notoriously difficult for singers and without obvious means for orchestras to show off. An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Several musicians had reported seeing Mr. Kaiser sprinkle a white powdery substance during the second intermission at Saturday’s matinee of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.” Opera Lover Apologizes for Scattering Ashes and Silencing the Met 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z When the coronavirus shut the Metropolitan Opera’s doors on March 12, the company was hours away from bringing up the curtain on a revival of Rossini’s bubbly Cinderella adaptation, “La Cenerentola.” The Metropolitan Opera Season That Vanished 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z Rossini loved food, too – he was a big porker. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z “The production intends to make it an uncomfortable scene, just as there are several upsetting and violent scenes in Rossini’s score.” ‘Guillaume Tell,’ at Royal Opera House, Draws Criticism for Violence and Nudity 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Erraught may be familiar to D.C. audiences from her charming Washington National Opera debut last year in Rossini’s “Cinderella.” Audience can’t help but show its appreciation for Irish song and opera 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z And Rossini’s “Semiramide” Overture on Thursday lacked the steadily accumulating propulsion, even through lyrical passages, that is the piece’s reason for being; the soufflé never really rose. Review: A Philharmonic Contender Returns to the Podium 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z She will be a repeat Cinderella at the house, having sung the title role in Rossini’s version, “La Cenerentola,” in 2014. Highlights From the Met Opera’s 2017-18 Season 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The answer arrives at last, when Rossini enters in the person of F. Murray Abraham. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z But suddenly, amid charges of “fake news,” outrageously untrue reports going viral and brazen lies, Rossini’s 200-year-old opera seemed eerily contemporary. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Most children will recognize the title character of this Rossini opera by her English name, Cinderella. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z But the work’s ambition is par for the course for the young Opera Philadelphia, whose season also includes a setting of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in war-torn Africa and Rossini’s “Tancredi,” starring the redoubtable Stephanie Blythe. Classical Music to Come: A Finnish Star, Minimalism and Wagner 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z In a scene at an opera, Jones shows that the young women are too preoccupied with gossip to pay attention to the soul-stirring Rossini onstage. ‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’ Review: A Finalist for His Affection 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Did I know that on the opening night of Rossini's Barber of Seville, fans of a previous version by Paisiello turned up in numbers to disrupt proceedings? Last night's TV 2010-05-25T07:00:00Z Coincidentally or not, he regained his health in Paris, gradually becoming the jovial old gourmand — tournedos Rossini! — we imagine when we think of his late years. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z But he is a distinguished choral conductor, and Rossini crucially expanded the chorus’s role in the opera when he adapted it for Paris. Music Review: ?Mo?se et Pharaon? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-01T23:50:57Z The Paris Opera was put under private ownership; budgets tightened, and Rossini’s pension was canceled. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z That Rossini conceived Rosina as a mezzo-soprano role has not stopped generations of coloratura sopranos from claiming it, Pons among them. Met?s Archive Yields Past Treasures 2011-03-25T14:26:04Z Other productions include Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” also directed by Ms. Zambello, and Janacek’s rarely performed folk opera “The Cunning Little Vixen,” with a steampunk spin by E. Loren Meeker. Crossing Cultures, and Genres, at the Glimmerglass Festival 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z This is particularly true for the title character of Rossini’s “Armida,” an Arab sorceress who falls in love with a Christian crusader and is finally abandoned by him. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns to Rossini?s Tale of a Sorceress and Her Crusader 2011-02-20T22:58:51Z “Rossini wrote his operas sometimes in a month so why shouldn’t we?” Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z This production takes place in some timeless Rossini Land. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z “Rossini has given you moments that clearly land comically because he was such a comic genius,” Ludwig said he told the singers. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z On the international circuit composers like Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Bellini and Strauss have been and will continue to be Ms. DiDonato’s bread and butter, with Donizetti, Berlioz and Massenet increasingly part of the mix. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z Despite several awkward scenery-change pauses, the opera overall flowed with passages reminiscent of Mozart, Rossini, Puccini and Wagner under conductor Benjamin Dia’s baton. Filipino opera gets its Washington premiere at the Kennedy Center Giaochino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”: one of the great door comedies? Seattle Opera’s ‘Barber of Seville’ promises madcap, colorful fun 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z For now, he shines as a "bel canto" tenor - meaning beautiful singing - in works by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Tenor Brownlee shows race no hurdle to his career 2010-04-30T10:39:00Z It was two days before the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, and I had never been so eager to be heading to a production of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Again, Rossini goes for more than easy laughs. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z They can't actually be talking about the same Italian opera, because Johnson died before the composers that Stein is on about – Rossini, Puccini and Verdi – were born. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z Operas range from Rossini and Mozart to Puccini and Verdi, and the ballet repertory encompasses major Russian and French works, among others. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z Three operas are on show this year, the first being Rossini’s first hit. 6 Classical Music Concerts to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Antony Tudor’s “Soirée,” one of his few pure dance and plotless works, recaptures engaging aspects of early-19th-century ballet style in response to the Rossini items that Benjamin Britten had arranged in this score. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z At a press launch for the new season, one reporter challenged the institution over the programme, noting that almost half of the performances stemmed from three composers - Verdi, Puccini and Rossini. Woolf ballet set for Royal Opera 2014-03-31T13:18:38Z Bartlett Sher’s production of Rossini’s comedy returns once more, a decade after its premiere. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z It will be intriguing to see opera there again, especially the production of a Rossini rarity, “Moses in Egypt,” in April. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z Arthur Kaptainis, who had long been the critic of the Montreal Gazette and more recently had been writing freelance for the National Post, reviewed a Canadian Opera Company production of Rossini’s “Maometto II.” The Fate of the Critic in the Clickbait Age 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In crucial scenes, Mr. Brownlee, a superb bel canto tenor, dispatched runs that suggested jazzy Rossini. Review: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z In this podcast Peggy Reynolds introduces the opera and explores some of the themes and stories behind Rossini's great work – and you can view a trailer here. Sleeve notes: We live stream ALL of Glastonbury 2012 2012-06-22T12:26:00Z With all its tenors, Rossini’s “Otello” results in inevitable moments of shoutiness, but it also aptly renders the idea of a crowded field of competitors all vying for the same narrow erotic and political territory. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “We don’t make sound as conductors,” said James Gaffigan, who had been set to lead the opening night of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” at the Met on March 12. ‘We Can’t Do Our Craft’: Conductors Contend With the Pandemic 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z For this one night Rossini took pride of place at the Mostly Mozart festival, thanks to Mr. Noseda. Music Review: Gianandrea Noseda in His Mostly Mozart Debut 2013-08-14T21:01:46Z The program of Rossini, Beethoven and Brahms in itself was nothing remarkable. Pianist and conductor diverge, clash during their BSO debuts 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z I saw Rossini's 'Cinderella' ... and I was sitting there thinking the average pantomime has more psychological truth in it than this stuff. Police drummer, Monty Python comic turn to opera 2011-04-05T15:44:40Z Viotti will conduct both works until late September, before he leads the Philharmonic on Sept. 25 and 26 in a concert of works by Rossini and Richard Strauss, at the Concertgebouw here. ‘We’re Like Athletes Here’: The Maestro With a Gym Habit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z A Magnificat by him ran through the text quickly yet amiably en route to a charming conclusion that hinted at Rossini. Review: A Globe-Spanning Musical Feast 2010-08-24T16:30:00Z While Rossini’s later operas have greater emotional depth and more harmonic and melodic invention, his confidence was there from the beginning. Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center 2012-02-05T22:34:44Z Mr. Audi said that Rossini’s appetite for experimentation in this opera is so strong that “it’s almost as if he was pulling the elbows of the opera house saying, ‘Give me more!’” A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The Met sometimes does this for its shortened, English-language holiday presentations aimed at families, which whittle down works like Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” to two hours or less. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The comparison to the Verdi is one reason Rossini’s “Otello” is so rarely performed. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z In spirit, “The Rivals” harks to Rossini and Donizetti; in sound, it weds Puccini’s generous lyricism to the dancing meters of Bernstein’s “Candide.” Opera Review: Bronx Opera Company’s ‘The Rivals’ at the Lovinger Theater 2014-01-13T19:15:13Z The critic Charles Rosen has suggested that Rossini simply couldn’t get past his mid-30s, “the age when the most fluent composer begins to lose the ease of inspiration he once possessed.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z In this showstopper from Rossini’s elegant comic opera “Le Comte Ory,” Oropesa’s classy singing sneaks subtle flecks of color into fiendish runs taken at the speed of light. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z "The final sin of my old age," is how Rossini described his Petite messe solennelle, a work with a reputation for quirkiness if ever there was one. RLPO/Dantone – review 2013-04-30T17:45:23Z The piece, crackling with energy and affection, has endured, taking its place beside the opera overtures of Rossini and Weber. Waiting for a Masterpiece from Esa-Pekka Salonen 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Rossini tenors have often been caricatured as pinched and nasal — you try to hit those high notes! — but Mr. Camarena is melting and nuanced, clarion in coloratura, his sound sunny and earnest. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The result, “The Factotum” — its title recalls the famous Rossini aria “Largo al factotum” — opens Feb. 3 at Lyric Opera of Chicago. In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The Grahams have also staged Mozart, Rossini and more, but this year’s “Tristan” is their first step in Wagner beyond the “Ring.” Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Brings Thunder to the Longborough Festival 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Rossini is also a tougher vocal assignment than Puccini, and though all the voices are strong – even a bit fierce in this tiny space – not all negotiate their ornate lines with enough precision. The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury) ? review 2010-10-19T11:58:00Z Fulljames undercuts Rossini's royalism by referencing the suppression of the 1745 Rebellion; a fair point, though it only adds, I'm afraid, to the growing confusion of periods and allusions. La Donna del Lago, Royal Opera House – review 2013-05-20T10:14:00Z Set in the stylishly weathered Venice of today, Mr. Leiser and Mr. Caurier’s spare production manages the delicate balance of activity and stillness that is the crucial challenge of Rossini’s serious operas. Music Review: Cecila Bartoli in ?Otello,? at Zurich Opera House 2012-03-02T23:19:05Z Pierre Audi, the new artistic director of the Park Avenue Armory and the director of a production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” that opens at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday, Oct. A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Predictably, “I Due Figaro,” with its fast pace, sparkling ensembles and impeccable craftsmanship, unfolds much like a Rossini comic opera. Opera Review: Riccardo Muti in His Element With Further Adventures of Figaro 2011-06-14T11:30:06Z Ranking all the great composers of the past suddenly made musical taste itself very much like a sport; people responded to Tommasini’s challenge in droves, fighting passionately about the merits of Rossini or Vivaldi. The Score: A Pitch for New Music 2011-05-11T22:38:37Z Rossini also did a major rewriting for an 1826 production in Paris, using a new French libretto. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z Among the many subplots is the question of just what the revered Rossini will make of the younger Bellini’s first work for Paris. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z Nine years ago, Lawrence Brownlee made his professional stage debut in the delicious but cruelly testing role of Count Almaviva in Rossini's "Barber of Seville" with the Virginia Opera. Seattle Opera's 'Barber of Seville' marks a happy return for tenor Lawrence Brownlee 2011-01-09T01:50:15Z At times, Fleming sounds driven to fussiness out of boredom or maybe even facileness, and minor Bellini and Rossini dramas wasted opportunities to mount company premieres suited to her talents. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Like the Rossini work, “Nixon in China” has never been performed at the Met. At Met, Less Zeffirelli and More for Tickets 2010-02-22T20:30:00Z His Act III solo was the highlight of the evening, a reminder of the infectious excitement Rossini makes possible, if only you do what he tells you. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns to Rossini?s Tale of a Sorceress and Her Crusader 2011-02-20T22:58:51Z Additionally, this year’s Whitsun Festival, held May 18 to 21, will celebrate the composer Gioachino Rossini, who died 150 years ago. 10 Festive Hotels in Europe 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The Barber of Seville Until 17 MarchBox office: 020-7845 9300 A few lone mouths may have turned down at the return of Rossini's The Barber of Seville to English National Opera. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z Michael Spyres — a baritenor, that rare breed of singers, more prevalent in Rossini’s time, who nimbly span the ranges of baritones and tenors — would best be described as an opera house vocalist. Review: A Singer’s Immense Sound Engulfs a Recital Room 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The opening night was well received, but before Rossini left Paris he did bless a version that introduced some cuts, particularly in Act 4, and this is the version we perform. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z The program opens with a Rossini overture and ends with Poulenc’s Sinfonietta. Opera & Classical Music Listings for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The title begs inevitable comparisons with The Barber of Seville – and, as in Rossini's opera, the plot involves a jack-of-all-trades coiffeur and a pair of thwarted lovers. The Barber of Baghdad 2010-07-09T21:01:00Z It seems impossible that a genius like Rossini would be able to give up his career so easily, without the need to keep producing and innovating. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z The casual misogyny of Strauss’s only opera buffa — a work that unfolds like a love letter to Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti — was hardly a point of controversy when it premiered in Dresden in 1935. Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z William Tell Overture, Gioachino Rossini Rossini’s final opera was supposed to be a serious drama, but these days it’s mostly remembered for an overture used as the theme song to the “Lone Ranger.” 10 Pieces of Classical Music Your Toddler will Love 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z This score shows Rossini balancing the florid Italianate bel canto style with pioneering dramatic grandeur, setting the stage for the French grand opera era. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Like Bellini and Donizetti, Nicolai thoroughly assimilated the musical structures inherited from Rossini and brought to them a compelling melodic gift, but he also reveled in the kind of raw confrontations associated with early Verdi. Opera Review: Caught Between Two Men 2011-02-15T12:00:07Z Mr. Gossett considers this a butchered edition, seemingly intended for a “provincial opera house that couldn’t perform the music Rossini wrote,” as he explained in an essay for Das Bärenreiter-Magazin. Whose Version of Rossini? Scholar Disagrees With the Met 2011-04-08T19:41:26Z Items by Henze, Rossini, Schumann, Hindemith and Massenet are on the program. Seattle Symphony double bassist Travis Gore kicks off 'Barry Lieberman & Friends' at UW 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z This pared-down arrangement sacrificed some of Rossini’s orchestral effects, but the important thing — the energy — was always there. Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center 2012-02-05T22:34:44Z Spending a few hours in the comfort of the Metropolitan Opera enjoying the madcap adventures of Rossini’s endearing characters would surely provide a welcome escape. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z It was one of two such international revisions that Rossini used as his entree into composing for the French Opéra. Music Review: ?Mo?se et Pharaon? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-01T23:50:57Z In fact, the diversity of the multilingual nation seems to have been one of director Adrian Marthaler's inspirations in his alternately charming and irritating new staging of Rossini's last opera. Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z Rossini, meanwhile, was represented by the William Tell Overture, and Stravinsky by The Firebird. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z Conductor Riccardo Frizza did a terrific job drawing out warm and lively playing from the Met orchestra that showed off the beauty and variety in Rossini's score. Review: Fleming, 6 tenors lead rare Rossini at Met 2010-04-13T14:31:00Z On Dec. 3, Mr. Say will play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 along with works by Haydn and Rossini and one of his own. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Next Season 1458-11-12T05:00:00Z First up is William Tell, Rossini's final and by some distance longest stage work, a panoramic and highly romanticised sweep through the history of medieval Switzerland, and its struggle against rule. This week's new live music 2011-07-15T23:06:53Z The few times Rossini spoke about his retirement, he was straightforward. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z The baritone Will Liverman was singing in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” about five years ago when he watched a documentary about Jonathan Larson and his musical “Rent.” In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z This monumental opera, Rossini’s final masterpiece, spins a tale of the legendary Swiss folk hero William Tell, a renowned archer who fought to liberate his homeland from Austrian rule. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “He’s at the very top, among two or three Rossini tenors,” Mr. Gelb said in a phone interview. Critic’s Notebook: Javier Camarena to Sing in ‘La Cenerentola’ 2014-04-20T22:05:39Z Moreover, the lead soprano dominates a cast that requires six Rossini tenors, a casting nightmare for any company. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z Donizetti said, “But I’ve never heard that opera of yours,” whereupon Rossini said calmly, “In that case we both lifted it from the same source.” 2010-01-21T06:42:00Z Slender, handsome and a vibrant stage animal with an easy, brilliant sound, Mr. Flórez, 41, emerged on the international scene first, drawing attention for his Rossini performances in the late 1990s. Critic’s Notebook: Opera Stars and the Revival of Bel Canto 2014-05-04T21:52:06Z Rossini probably ate that very kind of cheese, too. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z Rossini, a shameless self-borrower, reused substantial portions of it in The Barber of Seville: they sound utterly incongruous in their original context, I'm afraid. Aureliano in Palmira ? review 2010-10-26T21:01:00Z “If you go to Italy, to La Scala, to Pesaro, the Rossini Festival — which, you know, is sacred to Italian singers — there is a pool of Russians, which is amazing,” she said by telephone. Olympics Spotlight for Russia’s Musical Profile 2014-02-05T22:54:52Z In the end he doesn’t bring much to this fizz-free party, but his presence did remind me of a celebrated backhanded compliment Rossini once made in reference to Wagner’s music. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z Sheer practicality – over three hours of music, a large orchestra with chorus to match and a dozen major solo roles, some of them ferociously difficult – has kept Rossini's last stage work from the regular repertory. Prom 2: William Tell - review 2011-07-17T11:22:29Z Rossini’s opera, which was first staged in Paris in 1829, recounts the story of a Swiss freedom fighter who vanquishes Austrian occupying forces that have been terrorizing the locals. ‘Guillaume Tell,’ at Royal Opera House, Draws Criticism for Violence and Nudity 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Set to Rossini’s music of the same name, it’s a series of intensely stylish pastiches of early-19th-century idioms: the sylph-and-poet romance, the tarantella and others. Dance Review: Ridding a Moody Cunningham Work of Ambiguity, One Gesture at a Time 2011-02-14T23:29:10Z Granted, this Met season has been unusually narrow: In 2015-16, 71 percent of performances have been of operas by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti or Rossini. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z As in oysters Rockefeller followed by tournedos Rossini with a side of Caesar salad? This Dessert Is Worthy of a Diva, or Two 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Purely comic moments lack the sparkle of Rossini. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z The repertory that was long Ms. Antonacci’s specialty — Rossini’s serious operas and the declamatory Baroque of Monteverdi and Gluck — has never been popular in America. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z Ms. DiDonato sang Rossini’s beguiling phrases with soft yet penetrating richness, subtly folding ornaments and runs into the long melodic arcs. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Rossini’s coloratura flourishes and speedy passagework pose no problems for Costa-Jackson, whose voice flows easily from the lower register to well above the staff, without any awkward transitions. Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Cinderella’ offers a rollicking good time 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Here the company turns to Rossini’s daffy comedy “Le Comte Ory,” about virtue besieged and tested in the time of the Crusades. Classical Music Listings for June 10-16 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z What matters is that Rossini considered the original “Maometto II” one of his finest creations. Music Review: A Rossini Masterwork Ahead of Its Time 2012-07-30T22:09:48Z Translating the libretto written by Cesare Sterbini for Rossini is a tougher task, primarily because the rhythm of Italian is difficult to replicate in English, with its harsher consonants. Met gives `Barber' a cut in English version 2012-12-28T17:38:08Z At other times, a figure representing Rossini and carrying the opera's score wandered in and out of the action - for what purpose was never clear. Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z Veal Rossini garnished with earthy black truffles looks straight out of a medieval banquet. Review | At Fiola, less could be even more 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The opera was “L’Italiana in Algeri,” Rossini’s comic tale, heavy on feminine wiles, of an Algerian governor searching for a new wife. Mattiwilda Dobbs, pathbreaking operatic soprano, dies at 90 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z They were most often small missteps, but as Ms. Yende’s fall showed, those, too, can interfere in embarrassing ways with the smooth running of Rossini’s finely tuned comic machinery. Music Review: ‘Le Comte Ory,’ With Pretty Yende, at the Metropolitan Opera 2013-01-18T23:09:37Z “Rossini kind of went over the top with it. We knew we were going to have Stefano and that he would be able to pull it off.” Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z City Opera, which opened its season at BAM with Thomas Ades' "Powder Her Face," then moves to the City Center in April for two more productions: Rossini's "Moses in Egypt" and Offenbach's "La Perichole." Britten ghost story at City Opera 2013-02-25T15:53:18Z In Rossini’s version, which begins with the devious sorceress hurling dazzling coloratura lines that parallel her deceptions, the composer craftily strips away her ornaments as her helplessness is revealed. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z However, there was a different Tell here, Michele Pertusi, who was not ideally heroic in sound or stage personality for such a larger-than-life character, even though Rossini doesn't provide him with much to work with. Prom 2: William Tell - review 2011-07-17T11:22:29Z One of his first was with Marilyn Horne, the legendary American mezzo-soprano famous for her mastery of demanding Rossini arias. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z Although he is frequently cast in Rossini, Donizetti or Bellini operas, where rapid-fire strings of notes regularly loop up and down the musical staff, Florez said he is always looking for new challenges. Vocal acrobatics of "La Donna del Lago" an "Olympic" challenge 2013-05-18T15:11:39Z Colaneri looked at male quartets in Rossini operas but couldn’t find anything suitable. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z It requires not only the technically demanding bel canto Rossini singing, but energy, panache and stentorian delivery: the high notes are the least of it. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z “I’ve always taught,” she said recently at the Metropolitan Opera, where her production of Rossini’s chivalric fantasy “Armida” opens on Monday. Mary Zimmerman?s ?Armida,? With Ren?e Fleming, at Met 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z Rossini’s overture is the work of a composer with a sly poker face. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z There is a quiet, noble experiment going on with the Metropolitan Opera’s first revival in 25 years of Rossini’s “Semiramide,” which opened on Monday and runs through March 17. Review: ‘Semiramide’ Returns to the Met, Unglamorous but Excellent 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Fleming first took up the musically and histrionically all-encompassing title role at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Italy, Rossini’s birthplace, in 1993. Mary Zimmerman?s ?Armida,? With Ren?e Fleming, at Met 2010-04-10T04:13:00Z In a recent interview, the director Pierre Audi described his new production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” for the Metropolitan Opera as an “abstraction” rather than an updating. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z As would be the case with many of his operas, the libretto was stale, but Rossini’s music sparkled. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Inspired by the charismatic Spanish soprano Isabella Colbran, whom he later married, Rossini gradually moved from comic operas to grander, more serious works. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Rossini’s “Cinderella” has all the ingredients of a delightful operatic comedy: sparkling music, comic characters, a simple plot studded with jokes and tied up with the bow of a happy ending. In Washington National Opera’s ‘Cinderella,’ parts are better than sum 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z The menu includes classic Italian cocktails like the Rossini as well as Ms. Sartor’s take on an amaretto sour. A Place for Family and Italian-American Cocktails in Brooklyn 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z A concert by a string quartet of music by Bartók, Janácek and Berg would appear a polar opposite to the fizz of staged Rossini. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z Rossini existed right on the cusp of our era. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Mr. Sharon cited as his model a lineage of opera that stretches back through Stockhausen and Cage, rather than Rossini and Puccini. ‘Hopscotch’ Takes Opera Into the Streets 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The musical style is pure Rossini, whom the composer, also an opera singer, was close to in Paris, but it’s filtered through an Irish lens. Audience can’t help but show its appreciation for Irish song and opera 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But she soon recognized his gift, and at 17 he began conservatory studies, practicing standards of the repertoire like “Largo al factotum,” from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Rossini's familiar warhorse – done without sentimentality and without scrambling the final galop – sounded fresh and new minted. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z Instead, Mr. Crutchfield found evidence that particular embellishments added by Velluti were actually taken over by Rossini when he recycled material in “The Barber of Seville.” Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Like a Verdi or Rossini opera, “West Side Story” exists in several versions and has a complicated history. Music Review: ?West Side Story? Orchestral Film Screening - Review 2011-09-08T22:05:59Z The Symphony is also in action on Friday, at 8 p.m., with Charles Dutoit leading Mozart selections and Rossini’s “Stabat Mater.” Classical Music Listings for Aug. 19-25 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Best known for his operas, Gioachino Rossini also composed two large sacred works. Review | Choral Arts hits the mark with a serious Rossini 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Two exciting casts, a solid score, and staging as speedy as a runaway train: Seattle Opera audiences had a rollicking good time this past weekend with Rossini’s “Cinderella.” Review: Seattle Opera’s ‘Cinderella’ offers a rollicking good time 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The company then doubled back to the beginning of the saga with Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." A by-the-book 'Marriage of Figaro' from Los Angeles Opera 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Rossini lived for nearly 40 years after “Guillaume Tell” but never wrote another opera. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z It takes six tenors and one phenomenal soprano to perform Gioachino Rossini's "Armida," which helps explain why the Metropolitan Opera didn't get around to mounting this glorious work for 193 years. Review: Fleming, 6 tenors lead rare Rossini at Met 2010-04-13T14:31:00Z But all the motivation for the characters' actions is already in Rossini's music. Review: Fleming, 6 tenors lead rare Rossini at Met 2010-04-13T14:31:00Z After the current program of works by Rossini, Magnus Lindberg and Beethoven, he leads music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Prokofiev and — like the Mahler, a prime assignment — Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” starting next Thursday. Review: A Philharmonic Contender Returns to the Podium 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “Some people would say, ‘How can you transpose Rossini?’” Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z And the Rossini operas are made for that voice, so for me, at the time, it was perfect. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z All four principals acquit themselves honourably in Rossini's taxing vocal writing, while conductor David Parry leads a bold general assault on the score. Maometto Secondo – review 2013-06-10T17:04:05Z Nearly everything Rossini intended was accounted for, most of it nobly acquitted. Music Review: A Return to Rossini?s Days of Yesteryear 2011-07-10T21:37:45Z Today's reigning Rossini singer inhabits his tragic heroines with a technical brilliance and deep musical and dramatic understanding worthy of the legendary Spanish diva Maria Colbran, for whom the arias were composed. 10 best classical-recordings list includes Seattle Symphony's Schuman 2010-12-29T22:53:09Z When the archdeacon died a few years later, Rossini returned to the work, composing the four missing sections. Rossini: Stabat Mater 2011-04-10T02:00:18Z “No matter what stories people tell you about what music means,” he said of Rossini’s “William Tell” Overture on the first televised program, “forget them. Stories are not what music means. Music just is.” Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z In the first of a three-part series on Italian opera, Pappano traces its roots in ducal palaces before looking at work by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart and Rossini. Panorama: A Very British Hero 2010-05-24T05:45:00Z Rossini's version of the Cinderella story is unusual in dispensing with magic altogether. La Cenerentola 2010-10-11T21:46:00Z By the spring of 1830, Rossini had even sketched a tantalizing scenario for a new opera based on Goethe’s “Faust.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z The neglect of Milhaud’s opera may have something to do with the fact that mid-20th-century music had lost the clear mirroring of struggle and reconciliation that Mozart’s and Rossini’s tonal harmonies offered. An Operatic Rarity Picks Up Where Mozart and Rossini Left Off 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Here, Rossini’s effervescent music, an energetic cast and Michael Yeargan’s spinning set pieces had to provide the animation. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z The filler, meanwhile, is a selection of Rossini overtures recorded in Paris in 1957, done with bags of energy and impeccable wit. Verdi: Requiem; Rossini: Overtures – review 2012-07-12T21:12:01Z In early 19th-century Italy a successful new work quickly entered the repertory, and Rossini turned out several each year. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Two years later in another Rossini opera, “Cinderella,” there were signs of blossoming. The opera villain was forced to lip-sync and a new star couple emerged at L.A. Opera's 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z I was under a little pressure in that my boss in Rome, Bruno Cagli, was for many years president of the Rossini Foundation and one of the foremost Rossini scholars. A bite of William Tell 2011-07-15T22:55:03Z “I just said, ‘Let’s do a Rossini comedy that doesn’t exist yet,’” she said in a recent video conversation. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z I lean toward the latter: Ms. Mazzoli’s morosely pulsating expanses have, to paraphrase Rossini’s apocryphal quip about Wagner, pretty moments and bland quarters of an hour. Music Review: Gotham Chamber Opera at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-05-23T21:54:56Z But in the late 1840s, when he was nearing 30, Whitman found himself suddenly under the spell of bel canto masterpieces by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In both operas Rossini was already handling his trademark madcap ensembles with aplomb. Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center 2012-02-05T22:34:44Z The translation, by the resourceful J. D. McClatchy, includes instances of genuinely clever wordplay, but also clusters of chewy syllables that fit Rossini’s chattering rhythms and nobly flowing lines uncomfortably. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z Still, Rossini artificially turned two unrelated pieces into a completely reconceived opera, so the artifice of Mr. Sher’s staging is somehow resonant. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z Perhaps in response to the death of his mother, in 1827, Rossini suffered debilitating depressions well into the 1850s. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z In place of the scheduled opening work, a Rossini overture, Mr. Gilbert conducted Barber’s solemnly beautiful Adagio for Strings. Review: The New York Philharmonic Pays Tribute to Orlando 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The conductor Fabio Luisi brought insight and adroit technique to Rossini’s ambitious score, drawing fleetness, breadth and refinement from the excellent Met orchestra. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z And here's a man who grows grapes, and his great great grandfather was president of the Conservatorio Rossini – the evidence is stacking up. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z The 19th-century bel canto repertory remained closest to his heart, with its romantic vision of lost time: Donizetti and Bellini playing with Tudors and Stuarts, Rossini and Verdi's torrid exoticism. Peter J Hall obituary 2010-06-24T18:00:00Z Though she was never her most comfortable high up, she transformed the coloratura of roles like Rossini’s Ermione into unforgettable characters, capturing opera’s grand suspension between naturalism and stylization. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z Fleming sang the role of the sorceress at the 1993 Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Italy, and repeated it in a concert performance at Carnegie Hall three years later. Rossini's `Armida' revived at Metropolitan Opera 2011-02-19T23:16:04Z The Metropolitan Opera’s season closed on Saturday with a matinee of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” and an evening performance of Bellini’s “I Puritani.” A Look Back at a Year of Top Voices 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z First performed in Bologna in 1811, when Rossini was 19, the “bizarre misunderstanding” concerns a bookish young woman named Ernestina — sung by the brilliant young mezzo-soprano Teresa Iervolino — who would like to marry a philosopher. Pesaro’s Opera Festival Accelerated Rossini’s Renaissance 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Rossini's "mad" choruses, particularly in this opera, reflect the folly of life with dazzling rationality and tight musical control. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z Rossini’s score abounds in elaborate ensembles, and his characters become emotionally entangled in their romantic ploys and deceptions. The Week Ahead: Mar. 20 ? 26 2011-03-16T20:54:08Z Members of Lyric Opera's Ryan Opera Center will present Mozart's comic opera "The Impresario" along with Donizetti and Rossini excerpts. Summertime, and there's music for everyone in Grant Park 2011-03-02T22:26:00Z Since 1997 the has presented an series devoted to the bel canto repertory, with an emphasis on Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z Her experience with Rossini’s “Armida” illustrates her mixed results as an exponent of bel canto. Ren?e Fleming With the Met and Chicago?s Lyric Opera Company 2012-01-27T19:30:47Z On Monday night the Met obliged Ms. Fleming with another house premiere, Rossini’s “Armida,” in a fanciful production by the director Mary Zimmerman. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z So, far from rejecting the input, Rossini appropriated it, illustrating how fluid the ownership of vocal music was at the time. Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z I was grateful for his arrival, since I’d noted Rossini’s name in the cast of characters and had been wondering when he would show up. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z But none have been as famous, or as young, as Rossini. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Sometimes it means the generation of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, and sometimes it means the whole tradition of Italian singing.” Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z Then he visited a Black barbershop, and an idea hit him: This could be the setting for a new take on the Rossini, like “La Bohème,” one of the most beloved operas in the repertory. In Chicago, ‘Opera Can Be Hip-Hop, and Hip-Hop Can Be Opera’ 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The piece was not ready for a performance that year, and Rossini asked a fellow composer, Giovanni Tadolini, to finish it. Rossini: Stabat Mater 2011-04-10T02:00:18Z The concert was magnificent - Handel, Mozart, Rossini - and then I believe at the very end there was a very Fellinian situation. Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow 2012-12-27T14:42:49Z She began with an Italian group, boldly alternating early Berio songs with late Rossini works, dealing in various ways with the pangs of love and the ruminations on the ideal woman. Music Review: Julia Bullock Gives New York Recital Debut at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-03-12T20:33:31Z The season’s most fun production was Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” with Ms. Zambello’s fleet, witty directing and a similarly light touch from Mr. Colaneri in the pit. The Glimmerglass Festival and ‘A Quiet Place’ Reviews 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The orchestral arrangement of Ellington’s “I’m Beginning to See the Light” presented a lively mash-up that sounded like cartoon Rossini interrupted by jazz, a match made in Broadway heaven for Stokes Mitchell’s lightning-quick musical reflexes. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But while the Rossini scholar Richard Osborne has called the project absorbing, he added that “it would be wrong to suggest that the volumes radically alter one’s perception of Rossini’s personality or achievement.” The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z During the 1948-49 seasons, she began to sing the Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti roles in which she became a specialist as the bel canto revival got under way. Giulietta Simionato obituary 2010-05-07T15:19:00Z Donizetti remarked that Acts 1, 3 and 4 of “Tell” were composed by Rossini, but Act 2 was written by God. Opera Review: Zurich Opera's 'Guillaume Tell' Is Tripped Up by Gimmickry 2010-11-23T12:40:00Z It also relieves us from having to think too hard about something that mattered a great deal to the shrewd Rossini: compensating artists fairly for their work. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z The Zurich Opera became one of her home bases, and last month she introduced a major new role here: Desdemona in Rossini’s rarely performed “Otello.” Music Review: Cecila Bartoli in ?Otello,? at Zurich Opera House 2012-03-02T23:19:05Z The king they despise, however, as presented by Rossini and as sung by Mr. Flórez, seems a sympathetic, dashing figure. Review: A ‘La Donna del Lago’ With Melting Tenderness at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Fans should be reassured that they will laugh with Rossini, not at him. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z In 1950, he worked in lyric theater as a director, set designer and costumist, bringing new life to works by his favorites: Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. “Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z The irresistible charm of this festival is that the opera devotees mingle with the casual beachgoers in a seaside spirit that works for both constituencies — as well as for Rossini’s ever-expanding creative legacy. Pesaro’s Opera Festival Accelerated Rossini’s Renaissance 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z She begins a daily morning routine of practicing, including warming up with scales and working on pieces by Bellini, Rossini, Puccini and other composers. Review: ‘Bel Canto’ Opera Arrives at an Unsettling Time 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z “But Rossini did this himself all the time.” Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Hume, a native of Paddington, Australia, directed a well-received “Barber” last year at Opera Queensland for the 200th anniversary of Rossini’s comic masterpiece. Seattle Opera’s ‘Barber of Seville’ promises madcap, colorful fun 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Unlike Stravinsky, Rossini allows his characters moments of real feeling expressed in music that is sympathetic, though not blind, toward their human weaknesses. Music Review: ‘Mavra’ and ‘Scala di Seta,’ at Kaye Playhouse 2012-12-21T23:20:16Z At the premiere of “Guillaume Tell” three months later the audience was merely polite, and Rossini left Paris less than 10 days afterward. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Rossini’s “great renunciation” has a wealth of reasonable explanations. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Despite his reserve Rossini sent clear signals of his intentions. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Ludwig, an opera buff, jumped on the opportunity to collaborate, sort of, with Rossini. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Aaron Rossini directs this premiere for Fault Line Theater, a young company with a mandate to produce socially relevant, character-driven plays for contemporary audiences. Theater Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:36:13Z With “La Donna del Lago,” Rossini tested the waters of Romanticism by turning to a work by Sir Walter Scott, the narrative poem “The Lady of the Lake.” Review: Enjoying Rossini's Serious Side 2010-06-29T14:33:00Z Next came lively, deftly colored interpretations of two orchestral favorites: Rossini’s vivacious “William Tell” Overture and Respighi’s evocative tone poem “Pines of Rome.” Music Review: Tanglewood?s Season Opens With Good Friends Like Verdi and Bellini 2011-07-10T21:36:09Z The Rossini songs, written during his decades of official retirement from the opera business, are charming and clever. Music Review: Julia Bullock Gives New York Recital Debut at Merkin Concert Hall 2014-03-12T20:33:31Z But Rossini salvaged the music much as you would dismantle a junked car; the overture found new life at the start of one of opera’s best-loved comedies, “The Barber of Seville.” Heard of ‘Aureliano in Palmira’? You Probably Know the Overture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z That is what continues to fascinate us — even, on some level, offend us — about Rossini: his excuses may have been reasonable, but his serenity was not. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Not surprisingly, there will be some Rossini on her program at the Kennedy Center. South African soprano Pretty Yende plans a D.C. recital of classical music and zarzuela Wolf Trap's prestigious opera program for young artists presents new productions of Mozart's "Zaide," Rossini's "Il Turco in Italia" and Britten's " Midsummer Night's Dream." Summer Stages: Classical 2010-05-07T21:59:00Z Some of the jokes are probably older than Miller, and a few even older than Rossini, but they still do the business. The Barber of Seville – review 2013-02-27T17:53:43Z He delivered Rossini's L'Orgia –"about drink, not sex" – with a cute, impish grin. Juan Diego Fl?rez 2010-05-11T21:05:00Z But Ayres's music, with its artful mix of animal sounds and fractured parodies of Rossini and Richard Strauss, lacks Kagel's critical distance from what he is satirising. In the Alps | Classical review 2010-03-19T22:50:00Z New events manager Christian had decided to cope with the overdemand for tickets by simply printing more while executive chef Ron predicted financial disaster on the grounds that Tournedos Rossini didn't grow on trees. Rewind TV: Borgen; Ripper Street; Africa: Kalahari; Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon; Hotel – review 2013-01-06T00:08:08Z Tournedos Rossini — blushing beef tenderloin paired with foie gras — rests on sauteed spinach alongside buttery potato puree. Review | Fresh reasons to return to 1789, one of D.C.’s oldest restaurants 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z He ended with a soaring rendition of Sibelius’s “Finlandia,” followed by an encore: Rossini’s “William Tell” Overture, selected from two options offered to attendees, who voted via text messages. Critic?s Notebook: No More Silent Summers 2011-06-28T22:12:22Z “There is a huge difference,” he told me in an interview then, “between what I can do in Rossini and what I can do in a role like ‘Sonnambula.’” Review: Javier Camarena’s Days as Count Almaviva Are Numbered 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The question on Monday night was whether at this stage in her career, Ms. Fleming still had the technical agility to dispatch Rossini’s formidable roulades and runs. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z She appeared in the house only once more, when the visiting Rome Opera brought Rossini’s rarely heard setting of “Otello” to New York in 1968. Virginia Zeani, renowned and versatile opera diva, dies at 97 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Another partner in the firm was Mark Rossini, a former FBI agent whose law enforcement career had ended after he pleaded guilty to illegally accessing FBI files in 2007 on behalf of his actress girlfriend. Former FBI agent’s side work puts bureau under new scrutiny 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Alexander McFarlane and Thomas Rossini, who both knew the victim, discovered the body the next day. Man jailed for 19 years over Glasgow flat murder 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Then Verdi’s version debuted in 1887 and was acclaimed as a pinnacle of the art form, causing Rossini’s version to recede into a rarity. `Otello,’ Rossini’s not Verdi’s, staged in Philadelphia 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Rossini, who was in Spain and turned himself in days after he was accused, has pleaded not guilty. Banker in bribe scandal pleads not guilty in Puerto Rico 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Rossini is charged with conspiracy, federal program bribery and honest services wire fraud. Ex FBI agent turns self in to face Puerto Rico criminal case 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Rossini has in recent years reemerged as an international consultant — and an expert on Albania, appearing in interviews with Albanian media to warn of Russian influence over Rama’s political opponents. Former FBI agent’s side work puts bureau under new scrutiny 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Rossini, the former FBI agent, pleaded guilty more than a decade ago to accessing a sensitive FBI database for personal purposes. FBI arrests former Puerto Rico governor on bribery charges 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said on Thursday that Mr. Herrera was in London, and Mr. Rossini in Spain, and that efforts would be made to extradite them. Former Puerto Rico Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z For independent MP Emanuela Rossini, Italy's first concern must be to implement the national recovery plan: "It's in good hands and we will work with the European Commission on the most urgent things." What next for Italy after fall of Draghi? 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Last Thursday, hours after FBI agents arrested Vázquez, federal officials announced they were seeking Rossini, who was in Spain. Ex FBI agent turns self in to face Puerto Rico criminal case 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A person familiar with Rossini’s account of the business said the Albanian company performed no work and had no clients. Former FBI agent’s side work puts bureau under new scrutiny 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In her vast repertoire, she said, Mozart and Rossini meant the most to her. Teresa Berganza, celebrated Spanish opera star, dies at 89 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Attempts to reach to reach Mr. Herrera and Mr. Rossini for comment were unsuccessful. Former Puerto Rico Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Mark Rossini, a former FBI agent who worked with the CIA at the time, criticized the assertion. EXCLUSIVE Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled U.S. war on Al Qaeda 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Rossini was an FBI agent from roughly 1991 to 2008, when he resigned as part of a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to criminally accessing a sensitive FBI database for personal purposes. Ex FBI agent turns self in to face Puerto Rico criminal case 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z In August, Rossini was indicted on corruption charges in a case involving payments to the governor of Puerto Rico. Former FBI agent’s side work puts bureau under new scrutiny 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z And when the company emerged from the pandemic this fall, it did so with mainstage productions of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” and Rossini’s “Cinderella” — all of which featured Black singers in leading roles. Commentary: The faces and facets of classical music's year of emergence 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Rossini is a former F.B.I. supervisory agent who, before the Sept. 11 attacks, was assigned to a C.I.A. task force investigating Al Qaeda, but was criminally charged for illegally accessing the F.B.I. database. Former Puerto Rico Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z It feels incongruous, but Rossini and Cinderella ultimately do come out on top. Review: LA Opera stages an incongruous albeit successful ‘La Cenerentola’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z After the supervisor responded that, “David is going to love that,” Rossini followed, “Tell David to bend over.” Google security official mocked gay staffer, lawsuit alleges 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z It was a recording session in a church with the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra and a lot of fun and fast Rossini overtures. Mozart for Munchkins concerts revive a sense of purpose. Just ask this French horn player 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The program this weekend includes Vivaldi, Mozart and Rossini, and the players include Martin Chalifour, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Desperate for art and culture IRL? Here are 6 SoCal shows to see in person 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z “Rossini’s Sonatas” Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s virtual SummerFest continues with principal bassist David Grossman leading a quartet in two early works by the Italian composer. 15 culture picks for Labor Day weekend: Lucha VaVoom with Patton Oswalt 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z That made counterintuitive sense in the Act I finale, a typical Rossini melee reflecting the characters’ confusion. Review: LA Opera stages an incongruous albeit successful ‘La Cenerentola’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Rossini did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Google security official mocked gay staffer, lawsuit alleges 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Thus, the Sinfonia’s tortured-but-well-meaning accounts of “popular classics” such as Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,” Beethoven’s Fifth, Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto land somewhere between high camp and high art. Perspective | 5 fresh musical escapes that will fill an hour — or six 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Still, he said, it was eerie on Thursday night on Met’s stage, usually a hive of activity around the clock, on what was supposed to be the opening night of Rossini’s sparkling comedy “La Cenerentola.” Coronavirus Silences the Met Opera, and Poses an Economic Threat 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z He wondered if it was an original piece of music written specifically for the show, and in his search, he learned it was the “William Tell Overture” composed by Gioachino Rossini. Man’s work with Owensboro Symphony Orchestra spans 47 years 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z As Don Ramiro, South African tenor Levy Sekgapane possessed the reedy lyric voice that one hears a lot in Rossini; the highest notes didn’t exactly ring, but they were there. Review: LA Opera stages an incongruous albeit successful ‘La Cenerentola’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z La Cenerentola The Opera Buffs present a concert performance of Rossini’s comic take on the Cinderella story. Classical music in L.A. this week: Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Handel's Messiah and more 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The venue has hosted some of the biggest named in opera - from Verdi and Rossini - and it has survived three fires. The tourist sites hit by Venice's floods 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z He compared Johnson’s agreement to Tournedos Rossini—a dish of filet mignon, foie gras, truffles, and gravy. How Brexit Will End 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But before that it was something even more venerable - the William Tell Overture, by a 19th-century Italian composer named Gioachino Rossini. In a globalized world, music fragments take unexpected roads 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Da Camera Society The eight-member string-and-wind ensemble Frisson makes its Southern California debut with a program that includes works by Rossini, Mozart and Gershwin. SoCal classical listings, June 9-16: Meredith Monk’s ‘Atlas,’ ‘Central Park Five’ and more 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Leonard has received notable notices in Mozart, Rossini and other composers of the central repertory, and she has impressed in contemporary operas that included “Marnie ,” Thomas Ades’ “The Tempest” and Jennifer Higdon’s “Cold Mountain.” Mezzo Isabel Leonard balancing singing and being a mother 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z This deft cosmopolitanism was Salieri’s major contribution to music history, preparing the way not only for Mozart’s mature operas but also for Rossini. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z "We're waiting for the right moment to put him through another surgery," Rossini said. 6 detained for attack on Argentine lawmaker 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z “We’re waiting for the right moment to put him through another surgery,” Rossini said. 6 detained for attack on Argentine lawmaker 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Mine was a Sparkling Berry Rossini, which was pink-lemonade-ish and not unreasonable. Dinner at a Movie: Yikes — a downtown Seattle multiplex ventures into real food and ‘Jartails’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Muti is scheduled to lead the orchestra in a program of Rossini, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Wagner on Thursday. The Chicago Symphony Goes on Strike Over Pension Plan 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z A Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2018 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The eventual decline of grand opera affected Jewish and Gentile composers alike: Rossini’s almighty “Guillaume Tell” also dropped from sight. The Dark, Prophetic Vision of Giacomo Meyerbeer 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z All of these qualities made her voice particularly well suited to the bel canto repertory, consisting of elegant, filigreed works by 19th-century Italians like Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The theater, originally constructed in 1792, hosted world premieres of such conductors as Verdi and Rossini. Fire at Venice’s La Fenice brought quickly under control 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Great Performances The new episode “Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert 2018” features performances of works by Italian composers Rossini, Puccini and Verdi, with soprano Anna Netrebko. Friday's TV highlights: 'Wynonna Earp' on Syfy 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “Comic” does not here mean superficial or laugh-out-loud hilarious: as Rossini so superbly demonstrated in “The Barber of Seville”, comic opera combines a sophisticated analysis of human interactions with a light touch. Imagining the “Trump in Europe” opera 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Related: Times contributor Catherine Womack reports on how this little-known opera is a close cousin to key Rossini works “The Barber of Seville” and “La Cenerentola.” Essential Arts: A wild procession, a female 'Tempest' and music's new sounds of protest 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z In order to get through everything, Rossini borrowed from himself. A little operatic help for newspapers: ‘La Gazzetta’ couldn't be better timed 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z While the opera house puts on classics — it just finished a run of the opera “Guillaume Tell,” in Gioachino Rossini’s original French version — it also has a reputation for theatrical innovation. Not Just a Pretty Facade, Palermo’s Opera Is an Anti-Mafia Symbol 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Well, his is the more famous, but Rossini also wrote one. 'I'm a magpie, a collector of facts and curiosities': secrets of a quizmaster 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The last time Twyla Tharp was working at the Royal Ballet it was 1995 and she was creating her comic Rossini ballet, Mr Worldly Wise. Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z With a voice that is unusual in that it is both very big and very high, she is adept at coloratura – the fast, agile singing typical of Rossini repertoire. This opera singer’s lungs were failing, but she refused to stop singing 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z He later opened the Fishery restaurant and market and Rossini’s, an Italian restaurant with an attached gourmet store. Jeffrey Gildenhorn, colorful D.C. restaurateur and political figure, dies at 74 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Gossett rediscovered lost works, created new editions of Rossini and Verdi scores and helped revive them onstage. The Playlist: A Different Side of Chuck Berry and a New Sound for Coldplay 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Finding no success in his native country, Meyerbeer went to Italy, where he composed five operas heavily influenced by Rossini. Review: Soprano Diana Damrau makes her case for Meyerbeer 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The Met halted a performance of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell on Saturday after some musicians reported seeing Kaiser sprinkle a powdery substance into the orchestra pit during the second intermission. 'Sweet gesture gone wrong': Met Opera forgives man who spread friend's ashes 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The Met halted a performance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell” Saturday after some musicians reported seeing Kaiser sprinkle a powdery substance into the orchestra pit. Opera fan sorry for ‘sweet gesture’ that ended performance 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z On Saturday, the Met had to cancel the final act of its performance of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell.” ‘Ash pit’ redefined when cremains are scattered at the Met 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Tonight, an army of performers will stage the season premiere of Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” at the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center. New York Today: An Ode to Opera 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The seven selections, mostly bel canto arias by Rossini, Donizetti or Bellini, reflect stages of her story, triumphs in vocal competitions or important debuts. Music Review: Pretty Yende debut underscores lyric abilities 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Argentine chef Diego Rossini told how the gunmen burst into the Holey Artisan Bakery on Friday evening with bombs and machine guns. Bangladesh mourns victims of Dhaka cafe attack - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Diego Rossini, an Argentine chef who survived the attack by escaping to the roof, told C5N, an Argentine television station, that the gunmen had singled out foreigners. ISIS Said to Target Foreigners in Bangladesh Attack 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The authorities, alas, take a different view: The Met also had to cancel the evening’s performance of “L’Italiana in Algeri,” also by Rossini, while the situation was investigated and cleaned up. ‘Ash pit’ redefined when cremains are scattered at the Met 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z The playwright's influence will also extend to the classical music programme, with Shakespearean-inspired music from Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, Berlioz, Strauss and Tchaikovsky. Castle light show featuring Mogwai soundtrack to open Edinburgh festival season - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z When the singers had strolled along a runway called a passerelle around the orchestra pit in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” Ms. Leder had blanched back home in Minnesota. Las Vegas Meets the Met, to the Distress of a Lifelong Opera Buff 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Maria Rossini, British Science Association, said: “Everyone can be a scientist, regardless of how old you are.” Tim Peake: Soyuz has successfully docked with the ISS - live 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z That weekend Gross had plans to see a four-and-a-half-hour opera, Rossini’s ‘‘William Tell.’’ Terry Gross and the Art of Opening Up 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Oberlin Conservatory students will perform works by Rossini, Strauss, Puccini and Brahms. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Pianists Bradley Hull and Carol Ann Aicher will perform solo and duo piano works by Gershwin, Chopin, Rossini, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc and others, and provide commentary on the works and composers. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z I’m still doing Rossini, singing my first ‘Semiramide’ this season in Bordeaux, France. Milestone year for soprano Leah Crocetto 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Maria Rossini, British Science Association, said: “Everyone can be a scientist, regardless of how old you are.” Tim Peake: Soyuz has successfully docked with the ISS - live 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z He could hang with Wagner and Rossini, but you never forgot he was from Brooklyn. Why Bugs Bunny is the greatest cartoon character ever 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z On Monday night, Covent Garden booed again, this time in response to a staging of Rossini’s William Tell. The Royal Opera House rape scene disgusted its audience. But it did not move them | Deborah Orr 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z This story has been corrected to show the right spelling of the composer’s name is Rossini, not Rossin. UK: Royal Opera defends ‘distressing’ rape scene after boos 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “The production intends to make it an uncomfortable scene, just as there are several upsetting and violent scenes in Rossini’s score. We are sorry if some people have found this distressing.” William Tell: nudity and rape scene greeted with boos at Royal Opera House 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z "The production intends to make it an uncomfortable scene, just as there are several upsetting and violent scenes in Rossini's score. We are sorry if some people have found this distressing." London 'William Tell' gets chorus of boos for nude scene 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z I started with Rossini and Donizetti and then Mozart, which was quite normal, logical for my age. Soprano Antonacci goes her own operatic way 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Rossini made the traditional story his own by taking several liberties. Washington National Opera to stage Cinderella story ‘La Cenerentola’ 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Washington National Opera preview Ken Weiss hosts a performance of selections from the company’s upcoming production of Rossini’s “Cinderella.” D.C. community calendar, May 7-14, 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z But blaming “the system” sidesteps the issue of why one CIA officer in particular, Michael Anne Casey, ordered Rossini’s cohort, Miller, not to alert the FBI about al-Mihdhar. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 But this time it will be followed by the full opera “William Tell,” by Gioachino Rossini, a rarely heard masterpiece. Jets? Giants? Better Ways to Spend Your Sunday 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “The Met in High Definition: ‘The Barber of Seville,’” screening of the opera by Gioachino Rossini. Events in Westchester for Nov. 16-22, 2014 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z For Tuesday’s concert, DiDonato and pianist David Zobel chose a program titled “A Journey Through Venice” of songs and arias inspired by the Italian city, from Vivaldi and Rossini to 20th-century British composer Michael Head. ‘Yankee Diva’ live streams from Carnegie Hall 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z “It really went off without a hitch,” said Tim Rossini, a counselor and close friend. Popular high school counselor Denise Schaefer is mourned and honored in Montgomery County Because Casey remains undercover at the CIA, Rossini does not name her in his unfinished manuscript. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Better yet is loco moco, a brutal architecture of fried egg, beef patty and a summit of rice, all drowned in a nearly black gravy: a working man’s tournedos Rossini. Hungry City: Onomea in Williamsburg 2013-12-19T20:23:38Z Italian composer Rossini embraced the tale for his well-known overture, which has since been used in everything from "The Lone Ranger" to a scene in "The Muppet Show." When Switzerland Needs a Hero, It Calls William Tell 2013-11-26T03:36:05Z Here are well-known works—including overtures by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Rossini—in elastic and supple performances. Arturo Toscanini Overseas, at the Height of His Powers 2013-09-05T01:35:59Z Rossini said he believed intelligence analysts could perform searches, such as someone within two connections of a terrorism suspect mentioning "bomb" in an international email. Disclosures on NSA spying alarm lawmakers, tech companies 2013-06-10T05:12:55Z “We were told not to say anything to them,” Rossini said. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 The two left a lengthy voicemail filled with racial slurs set to music from Gioachino Rossini's opera, The Barber of Seville. Facebook Can't Fix Papa John's Butt-Dialing Snafu 2013-05-28T20:20:39Z Last week it turned to a masterpiece of the 19th century with an uplifting new production of Rossini's final opera, "Guillaume Tell." IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: Feb. 6 2013-02-06T07:58:45Z This year, that stuff will include apple-crab cannelloni, venison tartar with violet mustard, smoked sweet potatoes, halibut with oyster cream and beef Rossini with foie gras and Madeira truffle sauce. | New Year’s Eve: New Year’s Eve Dining in Westchester County 2012-12-23T03:00:03Z "They are not reading our data, they are storing it in bits and bytes that can be searched," Rossini said. Disclosures on NSA spying alarm lawmakers, tech companies 2013-06-10T05:12:55Z To this day, Rossini can barely contain his fury. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 It was therefore thought desirable to postpone the appearance of the little Hungarian pianist until after Rossini had finished his music-makings. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Max’s chophouse specials include unusual cuts, like a bone-in fillet, and we rejoiced one night to find tournedos Rossini, seared foie gras piggybacked on twin filets mignons. | Hartford: A Review of Max Downtown Restaurant, in Hartford 2012-04-07T04:20:11Z Last Monday "The Hebrides" was given for the first time in the Philharmonic; it went admirably, and sounded very quaint among a variety of Rossini pieces. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z There is then added a few lines relative to Rossini, whose family is also alleged to be Scotch. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z Just before Christmas, former FBI special agent Mark Rossini greeted me with his usual good cheer when we met for drinks in a midtown Manhattan restaurant. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Rossini was her intimate friend and adviser for years. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z I knew Cimarosa, Rossini I saw, but I never heard of Chopin. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z He has a high esteem for Beethoven, but also for Rossini and for Bellini, and no doubt for Auber,—in short, for everybody. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z It was a new world, as it were, in which we all lived ten years afterwards in Vienna, where but one name—the name of Rossini—was destined to be thought of any value. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Rossini is well placed to do just that. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 While most of the living composers contented themselves with envying Liszt, old Rossini tried to turn the incident to his own advantage. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z In Harry's college days, mother and son had made much music together; now the old music books were unearthed, and the house resounded with the melodies of Rossini and Handel. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Lives of Rossini have been published freely enough during the last fifty or sixty years. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z No one asked in what direction he was borne, for all were enchanted, intoxicated, with the roulades of the Rossini school. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Incredulous, Miller and Rossini had to back down. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 He begged Liszt to use his influence in securing the admission of female voices in service of the church because he—Rossini—did not care to hear his churchly compositions sung by croaking boys' voices! Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Prayer being over, two of the ladies, accompanied by a baritone "Savage," went up into the gallery, and while another gentleman played the organ, they sang some of the finest airs from Rossini's Stabat Mater. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z But Rossini lived so long that it seemed impossible to wait for his death; and more than one writer seized upon him when he was still a young man. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Rossini, it is well known, has lately lived in a quiet and indolent seclusion; and however much he may enjoy his honors, has felt little disposition to renew them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z All these years later, Rossini still regrets complying with that command. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Wagner on the piano is absurd, just as absurd as were Donizetti and Rossini. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Rossini and Bellini both took an interest in her, and at Milan she was the first Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma, in which Pasta took the title-part. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Rossini was but thirty-seven when William Tell, his last work for the stage, and his last work of any importance with the exception of the Stabat Mater was brought out. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Rossini lives at Bologna—a gloomy old town, under the thrall and shadow of the modern Gallic papacy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Rossini recalled going to Miller’s cubicle right after his conversation with Casey. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 These rivals cordially hate each other, but Rossini inspires them to sing the same melodies, and their voices mingle in beautiful harmony of tone and rhythm. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The Venetian school is, however, to the Florentine much as Rossini's Barbi�re to Dante's Divina Commedia. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Readable, interesting, and in many places charming, Stendhal's Life of Rossini is at the same time meagre, and, worse still, untrustworthy. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Then there was D'Angri, a contralto who sang Rossini to perfection. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z “He’s a known terrorist that they follow around the globe,” Rossini said. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Rossini's style is well suited to this scene. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Bizet's Carmen is concerned with Seville; and most famous of all in local interest is Rossini's Barber. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The life of Rossini divides itself, more naturally than most things to which this favourite mode of division is applied, into three parts. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z In eight days from this eventful epoch he was completely forgotten; a second concert proved an utter failure, and Rossini's star was again in the ascendant. Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z “Tape recorders were running. I was sitting right next to Candace Will, associate director of the FBI” in charge of the OPR, Rossini recalled by telephone early this month. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 Rossini's music is always beautiful but conveys little meaning, and it impresses the modern musical taste like a meal of bonbons. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Its style was too novel, and its luscious harmonies did not altogether suit the palates of those dilettanti who still looked upon Rossini as the incarnation of music. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Rossini made his appearance in public when he was only seven years of age; doing so not, it need scarcely be said, in the character of a composer, but in that of a singer. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z The eighteenth century—that century of rhapsody, of broken ideals and transitory happiness—only sang itself out in the music of Beethoven and Rossini. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z As a result, Rossini wasn’t interviewed by the subsequent 9/11 Commission, either. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 The singer who attains Wagner must at the same time keep up her Mozart, Beethoven, Gl�ck, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Bellini. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Charles Monselet thought there were some passages in this book which, in pure musical quality, were worthy of Rossini or Hérold. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z It may have been very desirable to show that Rossini was of distinguished ancestry, and that he had a great-uncle, who, in the middle of the sixteenth century, was governor of Ravenna. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Swans sing at the end of their lives, but Rossini has left off singing in the middle of his life. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Rossini believes “they did” try to recruit al-Mihdhar, who had made prior visits to the U.S. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 It is indeed difficult to account for the extraordinary influence exercised by Rossini over his contemporaries. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z It was this which first attracted the notice of Rossini, and led him to write the tenor rôle in "Elisabeth" for the elder Garcia. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z The trumpet was not the only instrument cultivated by the elder Rossini. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z The simple words of apology of a Frenchman, who, on the day of my arrival, only gently pushed against me, rang in my ears like the melodies of Rossini. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z “It just stands to reason that they had some kind of relationship with him—or they tried,” Rossini said. The Inside Information That Could Have Stopped 9/11 The greater a man's genius—and no one would dream of denying this attribute to Rossini—the greater his responsibility. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z In the December of 1815 Rossini had bound himself to produce a new opera by the 20th of the following month. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Rossini, then, at once vocalist and instrumentalist, began his career in both characters at a very early age. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Indeed," remarked Maria, "Rossini has preserved a very long silence. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Then he justified his preference for Donizetti and Rossini with a readiness that made his past sarcasm on their modes quickly forgotten. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z A few years later, when a schoolboy, he heard Rossini's "Otello" interpreted by Malibran and Rubini, and the Italian "maestro's" florid strains seem to have struck him in an equal degree. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z But what is of especial interest is the fact that Rossini not only conducted, but sang. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z In his thirteenth year Rossini was taken to Bologna and presented to Professor Tesci of that city. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z This extraordinary creature absolutely could not, or would not, sing the modern Italian music; no one, I believe, ever heard her sing a note of Rossini in her life. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z The two most effective French comedies of the eighteenth century, the 'Barber of Seville' and the 'Marriage of Figaro,' supplied librettos, one for Rossini and the other for Mozart. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z In the meanwhile Boi�ldieu never lost the opportunity of playing through Rossini's operas to his pupils, and descanting upon their merits. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z The season opened on January 24 with "Zelmira," a new opera conducted by "the universally fashionable composer of the day, Signor Gioacchiso Rossini." Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z During his studies at the Lyceum Rossini did not neglect the piano. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Verdi and Rossini, Verdi wrote a poor opera, which pleased the audience on the first night, and they loudly applauded. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He drew a most interesting picture of the young Rossini and his vivacity and charm. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z According to Mdlle. de Bovet, "Rossini is in Gounod's estimation the most limpid, broad, and lofty of lyric authors"—after Mozart be it said. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Signor Rossini replied by this toast—'To the French School, and to the prosperity of the Conservatoire.' Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Rossini was just seventeen years of age when he produced his first symphony, which was followed by a quartet; and a year later he brought out his first opera. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Verdi nervously glanced at Rossini, sitting quietly in his box, and read the verdict in his face. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Meyerbeer, Rossini, and Donizetti are not the names of Frenchmen; and the operas of these and other foreign composers are constantly given in the Rue Lepelletier. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z A single clap of thunder will produce more effect than all the symphonic thunderstorms that have ever been composed, with all due deference to Beethoven and Rossini. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Signor Rossini is engaged as composer and director of the music: he is to superintend the performance of his own operas, and to produce a new one. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Rossini's previous work had been performed before the professor's pupils and a few invited friends at the Lyceum of Bologna. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Mozart, Rossini, Auber, Bellini, Verdi studied at no academy; and my friend Verdi was rejected from the Conservatorio of Milan as incapable of passing the entrance examination. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II 1848-1888 2011-05-26T02:00:18.807Z Charles Durand’s Grand English Opera Company commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre, in Rossini’s comic opera, “Cinderella, or the Fairy of the Glass Slipper.” Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z If during the first half of the century the influence of Rossini has been predominant, that of Wagner has been at least equally so during the latter portion. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z The advertisement goes on to state that "the best operas of Cimarosa, Mozart, and Paisiello, with others by Rossini, will be immediately put in rehearsal." Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z It was given for the first time in 1810 when Rossini was just eighteen years old. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Rossini equals Mozart, and Gluck will soon seem to us insipid. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z A very interesting acquaintance I have here in the shape of Rossini, the great Rossini! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Paolina Rossini, whose success went on increasing nightly; and who later on appeared in the difficult r�le of "Valentina" in Les Huguenots, at once taking a firm hold on the public. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z It must be many years since any operatic version of "Othello" has been performed other than that of Verdi, which was produced in Milan exactly sixty-one years after the performance of Rossini's setting just described. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z L'Inganno Felice was the first opera by which Rossini made a decided mark, and such was its success that he was now requested to furnish works for Ferrara, Milan, and Rome. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z No, no; I always stand up for Rossini. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Who can tell whether the "Barbier de Seville" and "Guillaume Tell" were not cradled on the paternal trestle stage on which Rossini's musical training first began? Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Some time afterwards I produced Rossini's Otello with a magnificent cast. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z When the dessert was served, M. Lesueur rose and gave the following toast—'To Rossini! whose ardent Genius has opened a new path and formed an epoch in the art of music.' Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Some other pieces, too, from the same work were nearly fifty years later heard at least once in an opera attributed to Rossini brought out at Paris in the year 1859. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Originally Othello, Roderigo, and Iago were all great tenor parts; but later, Rossini, realising the difficulty of getting three tenors of high standing to sing together, rewrote the part of Iago for baritone. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z He can write you a work in any style you choose—Rossini's, Verdi's, Schumann's, Wagner's. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Rossini, who got touched in the face, and was further hurt whilst falling. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Rossini's opera of "Cinderella," after which "No Song, no Supper." Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z It is not so easy as it may at first appear to decide which deserves to be considered the first of Rossini's operas. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z The whole work is unquestionably Rossini's greatest opera, with the exception of William Tell. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z Consequently I did not patronise the theatre much, and found I did far better to study my favourite scores—Lulli's "Alcestis," Gluck's "Iphigenia," Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Rossini's "William Tell"—in my own rooms. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Rossini, whom I had just left, I received a letter from Mdme. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Rossini was director both of the Théâtre Italien and of the Grand Opera House, where French alone was performed. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Rossini, however, had to choose between setting this nonsense to music or paying a fine; and he preferred the former alternative. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z With Macaroni à La Rossini.—Proceed as for macaroni à la Corinne above, with two exceptions: first, that you add a layer of quenelles of partridge; and second, that you use consommé of partridge. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Rossini's "Otello" had awakened the germs of my musical instinct; but the effect "Don Giovanni" had on me was very different in its nature and results. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Rossini, whom I had counted upon for the principal part, was lying ill at her house in Fifth Avenue. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z It is true," answered Rossini, "that I knew Maria Malibran was a brilliant singer from listening to her at private houses. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z For a time the public smiled at Rossini's pleasantry, until at last it occurred to some one that the composer was taking liberties with his audience. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z Almost immediately after its appearance, Mozart chose the Marriage of Figaro as the subject of an opera, and the Barber of Seville was treated first by Paisiello, and afterwards in 1816 by Rossini. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z |
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