name: Gioachino Rossini
birth_date: 1792-02-29 00:00:00
death_date: 1868-11-13 00:00:00
genres: Song, Music, Opera
influences: Walter Scott
avg_rating: 3.92
ratings_count: 283
about: Numerous operas of Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini include The Barber of Seville (1816) and William Tell (1829) (see William Tell). Le Barbier de Séville (1775), the comic play and best-known work of French writer Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, inspired Gioacchino Antonio Rossini to opera.  Gioachino Antonio Rossini gained fame for his 39 works and wrote many songs, some chamber music, piano pieces, and some sacred. He set new comic and serious standards and, still in his thirties, afterward retired on large scale at the height of his popularity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachi... Numerous operas of Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini include The Barber of Seville (1816) and William Tell (1829) (see William Tell). Le Barbier de Séville (1775), the comic play and best-known work of French writer Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, inspired Gioacchino Antonio Rossini to opera.  Gioachino Antonio Rossini gained fame for his 39 works and wrote many songs, some chamber music, piano pieces, and some sacred. He set new comic and serious standards and, still in his thirties, afterward retired on large scale at the height of his popularity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachi... ...more