Rossini

American

[roh-see-nee, raw-, raws-see-nee] / roʊˈsi ni, rɔ-, rɔsˈsi ni /

noun

Gioacchino Antonio 1792–1868, Italian composer.

Rossini British

/ rɒˈsiːnɪ /

noun

Gioacchino Antonio (dʒoakˈkiːno anˈtɔːnjo). 1792–1868, Italian composer, esp of operas, such as The Barber of Seville (1816) and William Tell (1829)

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Think of Haydn and his hundred-plus symphonies, Rossini’s nearly 40 operas, and the astonishing array of more than 1,500 works of all kinds that Schubert wrote during his 31 brief years on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal

They appeared alongside performers wearing enormous heads crafted to look like Italian opera composers Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioachino Rossini, in a surreal nod to the country’s carnival tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rossini’s wit and brilliance in pieces such as “The Barber of Seville” defined a lighter side of Italian opera.

From Salon

Opera Philadelphia’s 50th-season opener, Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims,” performed over the past two weekends at the Academy of Music, was appropriately tongue-in-cheek.

From The Wall Street Journal

She will also join bass Adam Lau for a comic duet from Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers.”

From Seattle Times

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