(Antonio) (1792-1868) Italian composer. His first success was the opera Tancredi 1813. In 1816 his opera buffa Il barbiere di Siviglia/The Barber of Seville was produced in Rome. During 1815–23 he produced 20 operas, and created (with Donizetti and Bellini) the 19th-century Italian operatic style.
After Guillaume Tell/William Tell 1829, Rossini gave up writing opera and his later years were spent in Bologna and Paris. Among the works of this period are the Stabat Mater 1842 and the piano music arranged for ballet by Respighi as La Boutique fantasque/The Fantastic Toyshop 1919. + prikaži više