{"id":5842,"date":"2018-07-19T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/gioachino-rossini\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T00:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T23:24:34","slug":"gioachino-rossini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/","title":{"rendered":"Gioachino Rossini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Biographical sketch and opera chronology<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rossini Experience<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1792<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rossini is born in Pesaro on 29th February, son of Giuseppe Rossini, known as \u201cVivazza\u201d, and Anna Guidarini. His father, who comes from Lugo di Romagna, has been in Pesaro since the end of 1788, but he does not establish himself there permanently until 1790, following a brief residence in Ferrara. He plays the horn and trumpet in the town band and in the theatres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1797<\/strong><\/h5>\n

At the beginning of February Napoleon\u2019s armies occupy Pesaro during their first Italian campaign of 1796-1797. Giuseppe sides with the French, but when the papal government is restored he is forced to flee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1798<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Giuseppe unsuccessfully tries to establish himself as a theatrical impresario, whilst Anna exploits her natural musical gifts, which until now she has only shown off in private performances to friends, singing in the theatres of the Marche and Emilia Romagna. Her career will last until 1808. During this period Gioachino follows his parents around from town to town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1799<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Giuseppe is arrested in Bologna, taken back to Pesaro, tried as a revolutionary and sent to prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1800<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Rossini family moves to Bologna. Gioachino is sent to Giuseppe Prinetti, who gives him his first lessons in music on a spinet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1801<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In the Carnival Season the not yet nine year-old Gioachino takes his place in the viola section of the orchestra at the Teatro della Fortuna in Fano, on which occasion his mother is singing in the opera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1802<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Yet another move takes the Rossini family to Lugo, where Gioachino is sent to the canon Don Giuseppe Malerbi, who teaches him figured bass and composition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1804<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Whilst he is passing his summer holidays he was a guest of the landowner and amateur double bass player Agostino Triossi at Conventello, near Ravenna. Late in life he attributed the\u00a0Sei sonate a quattro<\/em>\u00a0(actually in 1808) to this period. He also performed as a singer in Imola.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1805<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He plays the role of little Adolfo in Ferdinando Pa\u00ebr\u2019s\u00a0Camilla ossia il sotterraneo<\/em>, performed during the Autumn Season at the Teatro del Corso, Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1806<\/strong><\/h5>\n

After having had some lessons from Padre Angelo Tesei, on the 14th April he is enrolled at the Liceo Musicale of Bologna, only recently founded (1804), both in the piano class and in Vincenzo Cavedagna\u2019s \u2018cello class, and subsequently in Padre Stanislao Mattei\u2019s counterpoint class. He sings the contralto role of Mary Magdalen in Mattei\u2019s oratorio\u00a0La passione di Cristo<\/em>\u00a0when this is performed at the Liceo, and also sings in several private concerts. Later, Rossini dates the composition of his first opera,\u00a0Demetrio e Polibio (<\/em>commissioned by the Mombelli family) to this period, actually written in later years and not performed until 1812.
He is accepted into the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna as a cantor or singer, and there first meets Isabella Colbran, his future wife, who is also singing for the Accademia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1807<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He is engaged as \u201cmaestro al cembalo\u201d in the Spring Season at the theatre in Faenza, where his father is the first horn (\u201cprimo corno da caccia\u201d). His name is missing from the registers of the \u2018cello, piano and counterpoint classes at the Bologna Liceo from the middle of December until the middle of March 1808.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1808<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This is a year of intense work for the young composer who, besides writing the two Overtures known as\u00a0Al Conventello<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Obbligata a contrabasso<\/em>, presents himself to the public for the first time with the cantata\u00a0Il pianto di Armonia sulla morte di Orfeo<\/em>, composed as an end of term exercise and performed at the Liceo Musicale on the 11th August. His Bologna years also bear witness to the birth of at least one sacred works: the\u00a0Messa di Ravenna<\/em>, whilst it has now been established that the so-called\u00a0Rimini Mass\u00a0<\/em>is not authentic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1809<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The teachers of the Liceo entrust him with the composition of a\u00a0Sinfonia a pi\u00f9 strumenti obbligati<\/em>\u00a0and a\u00a0Sinfonia concertata<\/em>\u00a0for the annual end of year prize-giving at the Liceo, and these are performed on 28th August. He is engaged as \u201cmaestro al cembalo\u201d for the Carnival Season of 1809-10 at the Teatro Comunale, Ferrara and the Teatro Comunale, Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1810<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In his capacity as \u201cmaestro al cembalo\u201d he performs in two concerts at the Accademia dei Concordi at Bologna on 9th April and 25th May. On 3rd November 1810 his first one-act comic opera (or farsa)\u00a0La cambiale di matrimonio<\/em>, to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, is performed at the Teatro San Mois\u00e8, Venice. The success of the work earns him a contract to write a comic opera for the Teatro del Corso, Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1811<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In May he conducts Haydn\u2019s\u00a0Seasons<\/em>\u00a0at the Liceo. In the Autumn Season at the Teatro del Corso he is engaged as \u201cmaestro al cembalo e direttore dei cori\u201d for Pavesi\u2019s\u00a0Ser Marcantonio<\/em>\u00a0(21 September), whilst his \u201cdramma giocoso\u201d\u00a0L\u2019equivoco stravagante<\/em>\u00a0is produced without success on 26th October, then withdrawn after the third performance because of censorship problems. During this same season he also conducts Mayr\u2019s\u00a0Ginevra di Scozia<\/em>\u00a0and Domenico Puccini\u2019s\u00a0Quinto Fabio<\/em>, into which he inserts an aria that he has composed for Maria Marcolini. During the dress rehearsal of the latter (8 November) he gets into an altercation with the choristers, whom he threatens with his stick, and is led off to prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1812<\/strong><\/h5>\n

During the course of this year five operas see the light of day (six, if we include\u00a0Demetrio e Polibio<\/em>, performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle on the 18th May): three one-act comic operas given at the Teatro San Mois\u00e8, Venice,\u00a0L\u2019inganno felice<\/em>\u00a0(8th January),\u00a0La scala di seta<\/em>\u00a0(9th May) and\u00a0L\u2019occasione fa il ladro<\/em>\u00a0(24th November). He also composes his first opera seria,\u00a0Ciro in Babilonia, ossia La caduta di Baldassarre<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Lent Season); and has an opera performed for the first time at La Scala, Milan, a great two-act comic opera entitled\u00a0La pietra del paragone<\/em>, libretto by Luigi Romanelli (26 September), whose success \u2013 it seems \u2013 earned him exemption from military service. Between this year and the next, he wrote the\u00a0Messa di Milano<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1813<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rossini\u2019s career continues busily in northern Italy: the clamorous fiasco of\u00a0Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro San Mois\u00e8, Venice, 27th January) is more than made up for shortly after by the triumphs of\u00a0Tancredi<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 6th February) and\u00a0L\u2019Italiana in Algeri<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 22nd May); on 26th December\u00a0Aureliano in Palmira<\/em>, Rossini\u2019s first collaboration with the librettist Giuseppe Felice Romani, flops at La Scala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1814<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Il Turco in Italia<\/em>, another setting of a Romani libretto, is coldly received by the La Scala audience on 14th August because they suspect that this dramma buffo is merely a re-working of\u00a0L\u2019Italiana<\/em>.\u00a0Sigismondo<\/em>\u00a0fares no better (Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 26th December).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1815<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 5th April at the Teatro Contavalli, Bologna he conducts the\u00a0Inno dell\u2019indipendenza<\/em>\u00a0to words by Giambattista Giusti to celebrate Joachim Murat\u2019s entrance into the city. He begins to compose the incidental music to Giusti\u2019s translation of the\u00a0Oedipus at Colonus<\/em>\u00a0(Edipo Coloneo<\/em>) of Sophocles. In the summer he moves to Naples, engaged by Domenico Barbaja, impresario of the Royal Theatres, and on the 4th October he makes his bow at the San Carlo with the drama\u00a0Elisabetta regina d\u2019Inghilterra<\/em>\u00a0with Isabella Colbran in the title role. The clamorous success obtained by the opera opens the gates to a new vein of creativity that he will exploit to the full in Naples. On the other hand his opera semiseria,\u00a0Torvaldo e Dorliska<\/em>, is coldly received at the Teatro Valle, Rome (26 December).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1816<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This year marks the production of\u00a0Almaviva, ossia L\u2019inutile precauzione<\/em>\u00a0(later known as\u00a0Il barbiere di Siviglia<\/em>), first heard at the Teatro Argentina, Rome on 20th February. The fiasco of the opening night is turned into a clamorous success at subsequent performances. On the 29th he signs a contract for\u00a0La Cenerentola<\/em>. He continues his duties in Naples with an opera seria,\u00a0Otello, ossia Il moro di Venezia<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro del Fondo, 4th December), which, however, was preceded by two works that had been contracted for: the cantata\u00a0Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo<\/em>, composed for the wedding of the Duc de Berry (Teatro del Fondo, 24th April) and the comic opera\u00a0La gazzetta<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro dei Fiorentini, 26 September).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1817<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This year sees Rossini commuting between Naples, Rome and Milan to produce three varied masterpieces:\u00a0La Cenerentola, ossia La bont\u00e0 in trionfo<\/em>\u00a0is staged in Rome (Teatro Valle, 25th January),\u00a0La gazza ladra<\/em>, a major semiseria opera, in Milan (La Scala, 31st May),\u00a0Armida<\/em>\u00a0in Naples (San Carlo, 9 November) with Colbran once more in the title role. Rome also hears the first performance of\u00a0Adelaide di Borgogna<\/em> (Teatro Argentina, 27th December).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1818<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Back in Naples for the sacred opera\u00a0Mos\u00e8 in Egitto<\/em>\u00a0(San Carlo, 5th March) which is enormously successful. Whilst staying in Bologna the composer accepts the invitation of an unknown client to write the one-act comic opera\u00a0Adina<\/em>. The opera will not be performed until the 12th June 1826 (Sao Carlos Theatre, Lisbon). On the 3rd December\u00a0Ricciardo e Zoraide<\/em>\u00a0is staged at the San Carlo, Naples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1819<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 7th March\u00a0Mos\u00e8 in Egitto<\/em>\u00a0is revived at the San Carlo with the addition of the prayer \u00abDal tuo stellato soglio\u00bb in the third act.
Four other new serious operas are added to the Rossini canon:\u00a0Ermione<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 27th March),\u00a0La donna del lago<\/em>\u00a0(San Carlo, Naples, 24th October),\u00a0Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il consiglio dei tre<\/em>\u00a0(La Scala, Milan, 26th December). In Venice he produces\u00a0Eduardo e Cristina<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro San Benedetto, 24th April).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1820<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On the 24th March the\u00a0Messa di Gloria<\/em>\u00a0is performed in the church of San Ferdinando. Despite the long period Rossini devoted to its composition,\u00a0Maometto II<\/em>\u00a0does not meet with success (San Carlo, Naples, 3rd December).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1821<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rossini\u2019s last visit to Rome is marked by the first performance of\u00a0Matilde di Shabran, ossia Bellezza e cuor di ferro<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro Apollo, 24 February). In fact, his protracted negotiations with the Deputazione dei Teatri di Roma for a new comic opera for the Carnival Season of 1821-22 are inconclusive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1822<\/strong><\/h5>\n

One month after the production of\u00a0Zelmira<\/em>\u00a0(Teatro San Carlo, 16 February), the opera that brings his Neapolitan period to an end, Rossini marries Isabella Colbran at Castenaso. He travels to Vienna with her and the San Carlo opera company under the aegis of Barbaja, and on the 13th April\u00a0Zelmira<\/em>\u00a0is produced there at the K\u00e4rntnertortheater, followed by revivals of other operas of his. After a short stay in Bologna, in December he is invited by Prince Metternich to Verona on the occasion of the Congress of Nations to write two cantatas (La santa alleanza<\/em>,\u00a0Il vero omaggio<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1823<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Semiramide<\/em>, to a libretto by Gaetano Rossi, his \u201cfather among poets\u201d (Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 3rd February), brings Rossini\u2019s Italian career to a triumphant conclusion. After a short visit to Paris, he is invited to London by Giovanni Battista Benelli, impresario of the King\u2019s Theatre, to conduct some of his operas and compose a new one. This should have been\u00a0Ugo, re d\u2019Italia<\/em>, one act of which he may have completed, but the bankruptcy of the management in 1824 forces him to give up the project. No trace of this opera remains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1824<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 9th June in London he sings the tenor part of Apollo in his cantata\u00a0Il pianto delle Muse in morte di Lord Byron<\/em>. On 26th November he is nominated \u201cDirecteur de la musique et de la sc\u00e8ne\u201d of the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Italien, Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1825<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rossini\u2019s French period opens with the cantata\u00a0Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L\u2019albergo del giglio d\u2019oro<\/em>\u00a0(Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Italien, Paris, 19th June), written expressly for the coronation of Charles X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1826<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It seems that he is working on a\u00a0La figlia dell\u2019aria<\/em>\u00a0for Giuditta Pasta, but to date no music for this has been found. On 9th October he presents, at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie Royale de Musique (l\u2019Op\u00e9ra),\u00a0Le si\u00e8ge de Corinthe<\/em>, a radical revision of\u00a0Maometto II<\/em>, which is enthusiastically received.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1827<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Just before the triumphant first performance of\u00a0Mo\u00efse et Pharaon, ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge<\/em>\u00a0(Acad\u00e9mie Royale de Musique, Paris, 26th March) he is deeply affected by news of his mother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1828<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In the spring Rossini is all ready to set to work on a new opera, and has already chosen his subject:\u00a0William Tell<\/em>. However, wanting to save and re-cycle some parts of the music he had composed for\u00a0Il viaggio a Reims<\/em>, he proposes\u00a0Le Comte Ory<\/em>\u00a0(Acad\u00e9mie Royale de Musique, Paris, 20 August), to a libretto by Scribe and Delestre-Poirson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1829<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Guillaume Tell<\/em>\u00a0is Rossini\u2019s last work for the operatic stage. The opera is produced at the Acad\u00e9mie Royale de Musique, Paris, on the 3rd August, only obtaining a \u201csucc\u00e8s d\u2019estime\u201d from the audience, whereas it is highly praised by critics and musicians (including Bellini who considers the opera his \u201cmusical bible\u201d). The opera is produced all over Europe in versions suffering various degrees of cutting. On the 7th August Charles X confers the\u00a0L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur<\/em>\u00a0on the composer. Later in August he leaves for Bologna accompanied by his wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1830<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On his return to Paris, a city now turned upside-down by the July revolution that had been the downfall of Charles X, Rossini sues the new government of Louis Philippe d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, which has not recognized the contract that he had signed with the previous administration. Isabella stays in Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1831<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Early in February he travels to Spain with his friend the banker Aguado. During his stay in Spain Rossini accepts the invitation of the Archdeacon of Madrid, Don Fernandez Varela, to compose a\u00a0Stabat Mater<\/em>. Back in Paris, he only set to work in March 1832, composing six pieces and commissioning Tadolini for the rest. The Stabat in this version was performed on Good Friday 1833 in the chapel of San Felipe el Real in Madrid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1832<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Meanwhile the first symptoms have appeared of the serious nervous breakdown that will affect the composer, who by this time has formed a union with Olympe P\u00e9lissier. He dedicates his cantata for soprano and piano\u00a0Giovanna d\u2019Arco<\/em>\u00a0to her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1835<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He publishes his\u00a0Soir\u00e9es Musicales<\/em>, composed between 1830 and 1835, and writes some other short works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1836<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He successfully brings to an end his case against the French government, who award him a life-long pension. Before returning to Italy he goes on a journey to Belgium and Germany with the banker Rothschild.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1837<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In September his separation from Isabella Colbran is made legal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1839<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In April he accepts the nomination of permanent consultant to the Liceo Musicale of Bologna. On the 29th of the same month his father, Giuseppe, dies. He makes a short visit to Naples.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1841<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Spurred on by the danger that the French publisher Aulagnier might print the\u00a0Stabat Mater<\/em>\u00a0as finished by Tadolini, he sets out to compose the missing numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1842<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The\u00a0Stabat Mater<\/em>, completed with the addition of four pieces to replace the seven written by Tadolini, was performed in Paris on 7th January. Gaetano Donizetti conducts the subsequent performance in Bologna on 18th March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1843<\/strong><\/h5>\n

After a brief stay in Paris, where he has gone for medical attention to his ureteritis, by the beginning of October he is back in Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1845<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 7th October Isabella Colbran dies at the villa in Castenaso, near Bologna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1846<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 16th August Rossini takes Olympe P\u00e9lissier as his second wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1847<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 1st January his\u00a0Cantata in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio IX<\/em>\u00a0(Cantata in honour of Pope Pius IX), an adaptation by the composer of themes from his operas, is performed in Rome (Senato del Campidoglio) to celebrate Cardinal Giovanni Mastai Ferretti\u2019s elevation to the papacy on the preceding 16th June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1848<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Rossini is not known to be sympathetic toward liberal ideas. On the evening of 24th April in Bologna he becomes the object of a hostile demonstration whilst he is showing himself on the balcony of his house to thank the voluntary conscripts\u2019 military band, which has been serenading him beneath his windows. Deeply upset, he sets off for Firenze two days after. Ugo Bassi immediately designates himself the bearer of apologies from all the citizens of Bologna and invites him to compose a hymn, which will materialize as the Coro della Guardia Civica di Bologna<\/em>, of which Rossini composes only the vocal parts and a sketch of the accompaniment, entrusting Domenico Liverani with the task of completing the music. The performance takes place in Piazza Maggiore on the evening of the 21st June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1850<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He returns to Bologna about the middle of September, but only to put his affairs in order and prepare for a permanent residence in Firenze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1855<\/strong><\/h5>\n

At the end of April he leaves Firenze for Paris. During these years his health, aggravated by nervous ailments and other physical disturbances, has not got any better. On the other hand, his health begins to improve right from his first days of residence in the French capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1857<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On the 15th April he makes a present to his wife Olympe of the\u00a0Musique Anodine<\/em>, an album belonging to his\u00a0P\u00e9ch\u00e9s de vieillesse<\/em>, an ironical title under which Rossini grouped his last compositions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1860<\/strong><\/h5>\n

He is visited by Richard Wagner in March. On the 9th July\u00a0S\u00e9miramis<\/em>\u00a0is revived in a sumptuous production at the Op\u00e9ra for the sisters Barbara and Carlotta Marchisio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1861<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In Spring, the villa in Passy (now destroyed) is ready. The Rossinis alternated their stay in Paris at No. 2 Chauss\u00e9e d\u2019Antin, where they gave musical academies, with their stay in Passy, which had become a meeting place for international musical society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1863<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\n

He composes the\u00a0Petite Messe Solennelle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1864<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 14th March the\u00a0Petite Messe Solennelle<\/em>\u00a0for solo voices, chorus, two pianos and harmonium is privately performed in the Paris home of the countess Louise Pillett-Will, the dedicatee of the Mass. Rossini will score it for full orchestra in 1867, but this version will not be performed until 28th February 1869, after his death.
On 21st August the town of Pesaro honours him by ceremoniously unveiling his statue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1867<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The first performance of the\u00a0Hymne \u00e0 Napoleon III et \u00e0 son vaillant peuple<\/em>\u00a0is given on 1st July at the Palais de L\u2019Industrie, Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1868<\/strong><\/h5>\n

After a serious illness he dies at his villa in Passy on the 13th November and he is buried in P\u00e8re Lachaise cemetery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
1887<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 30th April Rossini\u2019s body is exhumed and carried to Santa Croce, Firenze, where he is re-buried on the 3rd May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
1902<\/strong><\/h5>\n

On 23th June the monument to Rossini by the sculptor Cassioli is unveiled in Santa Croce. An illustrious participator is Pietro Mascagni, who conducts the orchestra of the Liceo Musicale Rossini of Pesaro in the prayer \u00abDal tuo stellato soglio\u00bb from Mos\u00e8 in Egitto<\/em> in Paganini\u2019s string transcription.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biographical sketch and opera chronology Rossini Experience 1792 Rossini is born in Pesaro on 29th February, son of Giuseppe Rossini, known as \u201cVivazza\u201d, and Anna Guidarini. His father, who comes from Lugo di Romagna, has been in Pesaro since the end of 1788, but he does not establish himself there permanently until 1790, following a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30781,"parent":5861,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5842","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rossini Opera Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-11T23:24:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"18 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/\",\"name\":\"Gioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-19T15:32:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-11T23:24:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1707,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Foundation\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Who we are\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Gioachino Rossini\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Rossini Opera Festival\",\"description\":\"Rossini Opera Festival\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Rossini Opera Festival\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_rof.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_rof.svg\",\"caption\":\"Rossini Opera Festival\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival","description":"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival","og_description":"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/","og_site_name":"Rossini Opera Festival","article_modified_time":"2025-02-11T23:24:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1707,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"18 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/","name":"Gioachino Rossini - Rossini Opera Festival","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-19T15:32:22+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-11T23:24:34+00:00","description":"BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND OPERA CHRONOLOGY","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gioachino-rossini_12A6784-scaled.jpg","width":1707,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/gioachino-rossini\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Foundation","item":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Who we are","item":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/foundation\/rof-people\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Gioachino Rossini"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/","name":"Rossini Opera Festival","description":"Rossini Opera Festival","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#organization","name":"Rossini Opera Festival","url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_rof.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_rof.svg","caption":"Rossini Opera Festival"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5842\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rossinioperafestival.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}