
Gioacchino Rossini
Biography
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards for both comic and serious opera before retiring from large-scale composition while still in his thirties, at the height of his popularity.
Rossini began to compose by the age of 12 and was educated at music school in Bologna. His first opera was performed in Venice in 1810 when he was 18 years old. In 1815 he was engaged to write operas and manage theatres in Naples. In the period 1810–1823 he wrote 34 operas for the Italian stage that were performed in Venice, Milan, Ferrara, Naples and elsewhere. During this period he produced his most popular works including the comic operas L'italiana in Algeri, Il barbiere di Siviglia (known in English as The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola.
Acting (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Rossini | 1942 | Original Music Composer |
| The Barber of Seville | 1947 | Original Music Composer |
| Figaro qua... Figaro là | 1950 | Original Music Composer |
| Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini | 1952 | Original Music Composer |
| Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia | 1955 | Original Music Composer |
| Maria Callas: Toujours (Paris 1958) | 1958 | Writer |
| La Scala di seta | 1963 | Original Music Composer |
| The Thieving Magpie | 1964 | Original Music Composer |
| An Italian in Algiers | 1969 | Original Music Composer |
| Pulcinella | 1973 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 1973 | Original Music Composer |
| La Cenerentola | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: La Cenerentola | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Killer aus Florida | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Turek v Itálii | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| L'italiana in Algeri | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| L’Italiana in Algeri | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| La Cenerentola | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Guglielmo Tell | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Semiramide | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini! Rossini! | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Tancredi | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| La Donna del Lago | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Ermione | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Le Comte Ory | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| La Cenerentola | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich) | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| The Newspaper | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| Maometto secondo | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| La cambiale di matrimonio | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| New Year’s Eve at the Mariinsky | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| La pietra del paragone | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini La Cenerentola | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini Zelmira | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: La Cenerentola | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| The Barber of Seville | 2009 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Armida | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini Sigismondo | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| Le comte Ory | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Guillaume Tell | 2013 | Original Music Composer |
| Le comte Ory | 2013 | Original Music Composer |
| Cenerentola - Una favola in diretta | 2013 | Original Music Composer |
| Guillaume Tell | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| La Cenerentola | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: La Donna del Lago | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: L'inganno felice - Rossini in Wildbad | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| Il barbiere di Siviglia | 2017 | Writer |
| Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala | 2017 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: L'inganno felice - Teatro Fraschini di Pavia | 2017 | Original Music Composer |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Semiramide | 2018 | Original Music Composer |
| Rossini: Semiramide | 2018 | Original Music Composer |
| La Donna del Lago | 2018 | Writer |
| Rossini Opera Gala | 2019 | Original Music Composer |
| Orchestra Rehearsal | 2021 | Original Music Composer |
| La Gazza Ladra | 2022 | Writer |
| Lazebník sevillský | 2023 | Original Music Composer |
| Il turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid | 2023 | Original Music Composer |
| Hannover Klassik Open Air 2024 | 2024 | Original Music Composer |
| Armonie di Speranza | 2025 | Original Music Composer |
| Asmik Grigorian in Kaunas St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral | 2025 | Original Music Composer |
| The Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia | 2025 | Writer |





