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Chapter 56

Chapter 56. Opera in Italy: Rossini and Verdi. Lecture Overview. Italian opera at the end of the 18th century Gioachino Rossini: life and works The Barber of Seville , Act 1, No. 1 ( Introduzione ) Italian opera after Rossini Giuseppe Verdi: life and works Otello , Act 4, scene 3

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Chapter 56

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  1. Chapter 56 Opera in Italy: Rossini and Verdi

  2. Lecture Overview • Italian opera at the end of the 18th century • Gioachino Rossini: • life and works • The Barber of Seville, Act 1, No. 1 (Introduzione) • Italian opera after Rossini • Giuseppe Verdi: • life and works • Otello, Act 4, scene 3 • Review

  3. The Life of Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) • 1792 born in Pesaro, Italy; attends conservatory in Bologna • 1815 begins career as opera composer • 1816 composes The Barber of Seville • 1824 moves to Paris • 1829 retires from the stage, travels between France and Italy • 1868 dies in a Paris suburb

  4. Principal Compositions by Gioachino Rossini • Operas (selected): • Tancredi • L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian in Algiers) • Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) • La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) • Semiramide • Le Comte Ory (Count Ory, French) • Guillaume Tell (William Tell, French) • Chorus: pieces include Masses, Stabat mater

  5. Principal Characters in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville • Count Almaviva (tenor) • the hero, a young count visiting Seville, smitten by Rosina • Rosina (soprano, originally mezzo-soprano) • a young woman living in Seville • Dr. Bartolo (bass) • a doctor, guardian of Rosina • Figaro (baritone) • a local barber • Basilio (bass) • Rosina’s music teacher

  6. Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville, 1816, Act 1, No. 1 (Introduzione) 199 Ternary form

  7. The Life of Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) • 1813 born in village of Roncole in Italy, attends school in nearby Busseto • 1832 Milan to study, but soon returns to Busseto • 1839 moves again to Milan to advance operatic career; Oberto performed at La Scala • 1842 Nabucco scores first great success and begins period of travel • 1853 moves to Paris • 1887 comes out of retirement to compose Otello and Falstaff • 1901 dies in Milan

  8. Principal Compositions by Giuseppe Verdi • Operas include • Nabucco • Ernani • Luisa Miller • Rigoletto • Il trovatore • La traviata • Simon Boccanegra • Un ballo in maschera • La forza del destino • Don Carlos (versions in French and Italian) • Aida • Otello • Falstaff • Chorus: works include the Requiem and Four Sacred Pieces

  9. Principal Characters in Verdi’s Otello • Otello (Othello, tenor) • a Moorish general commanding troops in Cyprus • Iago (baritone) and Cassio (tenor) • Othello’s officers • Desdemona (soprano) • Othello’s wife • Emilia (mezzo-soprano) • Desdemona’s servant, wife of Iago

  10. Giuseppe Verdi, Otello, 1887, Act 4, scene 3 (Murder Scene) Through-composed form

  11. Review Key Terms • simple recitative • impresario • introduction (as an operatic number) • cavatina (in Rossini’s operas) • stretta • Rossini crescendo • Teatro alla Scala • Risorgimento • brindisi • scene • preghiera

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