什麼是羅西尼

Rossini, Gioacchino (Antonio)

義大利作曲家。童年時在教堂唱歌及出演歌劇中的小角色。十二歲開始作曲，十四歲進入波隆那音樂學校學習，在那裏主要創作宗教音樂。1812年起他以驚人的速度創作劇院作品。十五年中他一直主導了義大利歌劇的舞台。他的主要成功作品包括《阿爾及爾的義大利女郎》（1813）、《奧塞羅》（1816）、《塞維爾的理髮師》（1816）、《鵲賊》（1817）、《摩西的埃及旅程》（1818）、《科林斯之圍》（1826）和《塞米拉米德》（1823）。他的速度和冷淡態度使他看起來似乎顯得隨意粗心，但實際上並非如此。他創造的音樂規則一直主宰着義大利歌劇的形式直到威爾第的出現，而他的機智與運用新發明的能力則是無人可匹敵的。從1824年起他大部分時間都在巴黎度過，在那裏創作了其傑作《威廉.泰爾》（1829）。1832年後他的健康狀況不佳，鮮有作品，直到1868年問世了精彩的系列鋼琴套曲與歌曲集《我晚年之罪孽》。

1792～1868年

Rossini, Gioacchino (Antonio)

Italian composer. He sang in church and in minor opera roles as a child, began composing at 12, and at 14 entered Bologna's conservatory, where he wrote mostly sacred music. From 1812 he produced theater works at a terrific rate, and for 15 years he was the dominant voice of Italian opera; his major successes included [opera]L'Italiana in Algeri (1813), [opera]Otello (1816), [opera]The Barber of Seville (1816), [opera]La Cenerentola (1817), [opera]Mosè in Egitto (1818), [opera]The Siege of Corinth (1826), and [opera]Semiramide (1823). His speed and nonchalant attitude made him seem more careless than he was; the musical formulas he devised would shape Italian opera until Giuseppe Verdi, but his wit and invention using them was unparalleled. From 1824 he spent much time in Paris, where he wrote his masterpiece, [opera]William Tell (1829). After 1832 his health was poor, and he composed little until the series of wonderful piano pieces and songs collected as [musiccomp]Sins of My Old Age (1868).