Biography
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.
Rossini began to compose by the age of 12 and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823 he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere. During this period he produced his most popular works including the comic operas L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia (known in English as The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola.
Filmography
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Movies 99
Creator 2
TV Shows 2
Writer 1
Arte Arte Arte! (2023)
Il Signor Bruschino - Rossini in Wildbad (2023)
Lazebník sevillský (2023)
Il Viaggio a Reims - Rossini Opera Festival (2022)
New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice (2022)
Orchestra Rehearsal (2021)
Le Barbier de Seville (2020)
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 2017) (2019)
Rossini Opera Gala (2019)
Rossini: La Cenerentola (2018)
Semiramide - Teatro La Fenice - du 19 octobre au 27 octobre (2018)
The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide (2018)
Rossini: Semiramide (2018)
Rossini: L'inganno felice - Teatro Fraschini di Pavia (2017)
The Wayward Kite (2017)
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala (2017)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (2017)
La Cenerentola - Opera de Lille (2016)
Glyndebourne Live: Il barbiere di Siviglia (2016)
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2016)
Rossini: L'inganno felice - Rossini in Wildbad (2015)
Guillaume Tell (2015)
L'Italiana in Algeri (2015)
Rossini: La Donna del Lago (2015)
This is Opera (2015)
Donizetti - La Favorite (2015)
La Cenerentola (2014)
The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2014)
Guillaume Tell (2014)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (2014)
Il Turco in Italia - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (2014)
Cenerentola - Una favola in diretta (2013)
Rossini - Matilde di Shabran (2013)
Le comte Ory (2013)
Rossini: Guillaume Tell (2013)
La Gazza Ladra (2012)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2011)
Le comte Ory (2011)
Rossini Sigismondo (2010)
Rossini: Armida (2010)
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (2010)
Gioachino Rossini: Ermione (2009)
The Barber of Seville (2009)
Rossini: La Cenerentola (2009)
Rossini Zelmira (2009)
Rossini La Cenerentola (2008)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2008)
La pietra del paragone (2007)
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (2007)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2007)
New Year’s Eve at the Mariinsky (2006)
La cambiale di matrimonio (2006)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2005)
Maometto secondo (2005)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2005)
The Newspaper (2005)
Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon (2003)
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich) (2002)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (2001)
La Cenerentola (1997)
Le Comte Ory (1997)
Ermione (1995)
La Donna del Lago (1992)
Tancredi (1992)
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (1992)
Rossini ! Rossini ! (1991)
G. Rossini: Italka v Alžíru - předehra (1991)
Semiramide (1990)
Il signor Bruschino (1989)
Guglielmo Tell (1988)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1988)
La Cenerentola (1988)
L’Italiana in Algeri (1987)
L'italiana in Algeri (1986)
Napoli: The Royal Danish Ballet (1986)
Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra (1985)
Il viaggio a Reims (1984)
Killer aus Florida (1983)
Rossini: La Cenerentola (1983)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1981)
La Cenerentola (1981)
Stories from a Flying Trunk (1979)
Peasant Poets (1979)
Pulcinella (1973)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1973)
Italka v Alžíru (1972)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
An Italian in Algiers (1969)
The Thieving Magpie (1964)
La Scala di seta (1963)
Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia (1955)
La Gazza Ladra Overture (1954)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini (1952)
Figaro qua... Figaro là (1950)
Cenerentola (1949)
William Tell (1948)
The Barber of Seville (1947)
Rossini (1942)
El barbero de Sevilla (1938)
A Real Nave Itália no Rio Grande do Sul (1924)
La Cenerentola
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GenderMale
Birthday1792-02-29
Deathday1868-11-13 (76 years old)
Birth NameGioachino Antonio Rossini
Birth PlaceCasa Rossini, Italy
RelationshipsOlympe Pélissier (1846-01-01 - 1868-11-13), Isabella Colbran (1822-03-16 - 1837-01-01)
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Papal States
Also Known AsGioachino Rossini, Giovacchino Rossini, Giovacchino Antonio Rossini, Rossini
AwardsPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Order of Saint Stanislaus
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