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Gioacchino Rossini: Music
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Rossini continued to write operas for Venice and Milan during the next few years, but their reception was tame and in some cases unsatisfactory after the success of Tancredi. In 1815 he retired to his home at Bologna, where Barbaja, the impresario of the Naples theatre, concluded an agreement with him by which he was to take the musical direction of the Teatro San Carlo and the Teatro Del Fondo at Naples, composing for each of them one opera a year. His payment was to be 200 ducats per month; he was ... to receive a share of Barbaja's other business, popular gaming-tables, amounting to about 1000 ducats per annum. This was an extraordinarily lucrative arrangement for any professional musician at that time.
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L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 1813, opera buffa) – This opera was written in only 27 days and Rossini used an already existing libretto. The overture for this opera is actually one of his more popular. One of the more fun moments and a perfect example of Rossini’s ability to write music for comedy comes during the Act II sneezing quintet.
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The sensibilities of Voltaire merge masterfully with the music of Rossini in this remarkable opera based on the French legend's original 1759 play. This production features Daniela Barcellona in the famously demanding title role of the Saracen soldier, Tancredi; she is ably supported by Raul Gimenez, Marco Spotti, and Darina Takova. 155 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM stereo; Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. In Italian with English subtitles.
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Rossini, in music, is the genius of sheer animal spirits. It is a species as inferior to that of Mozart, as the cleverness of a smart boy is to that of a man of sentiment; but it is genius ....
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Many savoury gastronomical and culinary references can be found in Rossini's musical compositions, where he often contrasted the abundance of the rich with the hunger of the poor. In Cinderella, Don Magnifico dreams of gastronomic grandeur as he anticipates the fruits of the marriage between the prince and his daughter. He sings:
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Culturekiosque celebrates Rossini's culinary as well as musical gifts in the multi-part series "Rossini at the Ritz," culminating in a full menu from Guy Legay of the Ritz in Paris (pictured). Herein find treats for the palate and insights into one of Italy's great composers and gastronomes.
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