Romanticism · Italy
1792 – 1868
Pesaro - Passy (Paris)
Review
He composed operas at a dizzy pace: Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816) was written in about three weeks. Its rhythmic spark and its famous crescends conquered Europe as a whole.
Located in Paris, he retired from the opera at 37 years after Guillaume Tell. He lived almost forty more years, dedicated to the good table and small pieces he called «Old-age sin».
Main works
- Tancredi (1813)
- L'italiana in Algeria (1813)
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)
- Otello (1816)
- La Cenerentola (1817)
- The gazza barks (1817)
- Guillaume Tell (1829)
- Stabat Mater (1842)
- Petite messe solennelle (1863)
