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Really Rossini? (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
Scholars try to avoid exaggeration: they provide information, cite sources and draw conclusions. Opera houses embrace exaggeration to sell tickets. That's fair enough. Still, some semblance of balance seems appropriate.
More power to the Martina Franca festival for inventing from whole cloth a so-called "Malibran" version of Rossini's Otello last year. They repeated Maria Malibran's effort to induce the public to attend a benefit evening in her honor by singing the title role en travesti, after having performed Desdemona during the rest of the season. But no praise at all for their pretence -- without evidence -- that Rossini had anything to do with it.
And more power to Martina Franca for staging Ivanhoe, a pastiche derived from music by Rossini (first performed at the Theatre de l'Odeon of Paris in 1826), during the summer of 2001. But no praise ...
- Martina Franca. (International).(Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Gurewitsch, Matthew December 1, 2001 700+ words
...boot of Italy, the city of Martina Franca is a baroque jewel. A touch...by the time I arrived for Rossini's Ivanhoe (1819). Ivanhoe? Well, in a chapter of Rossini's career ignored by Grove...Gazza Ladra and several other Rossini operas -- but also anticipates...
- ROSSINI: Otello.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Arthur, Desmond September 1, 2001 700+ words
ROSSINI: Otello Irine Ratiani...Itria Festival at Martina Franca staged Rossini's Otello last year...contralto Othello. Rossini composed a number of...style of vocalism. At Martina Franca they cast Irine Ratiani...
- Rossini/Niedermeyer: Robert Bruce.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Minter, Drew October 1, 2003 700+ words
...stage works to his name, Rossini had been out of the business...Paris Opera, for a new work, Rossini deftly suggested a French...set music from several of Rossini's existing operas to a libretto...place in 1846. The Festival Martina Franca, which has been presenting...
- ROSSINI: Otello.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera News MALAFRONTE, JUDITH October 1, 2001 700+ words
ROSSINI: Otello [] Ratiani, Ciofi...the nineteenth century, Rossini's Otello was performed...Paolo Arrivabeni at the Martina Franca Festival in 2000 and recorded...acrobatics. In addition to Rossini's original (and groundbreaking...
- ROSSINI: Matilde di Shabran.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide PARSONS July 1, 2000 700+ words
...Corradino), Thomas Ruf (Raimondo), Rossini in Wildbad Festival/ Francesco Corti...2242 (Qualiton) [3CD] 162 minutes Rossini had signed a contract to compose an opera...overseen the premiere of his Maometto II Rossini composed the first act of an opera based...
- THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN.(Gioacchino Rossini's Italiana septet)(Critical Essay)
- Magazine article from: Opera News THOMASON, PAUL February 1, 2001 700+ words
PAUL THOMASON believes that Rossini's hard-charging Italiana septet...sounds -- and smarter than you think Rossini's comedies are justly renowned for...composer's best-known invention, the Rossini crescendo. The breathtaking virtuosity...
- Gioachino Rossini.(Gioachino Rossini. Cantata in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio...
- Magazine article from: Notes FAIRTILE, LINDA B. September 1, 2001 700+ words
Gioachino Rossini. Cantata in onore del Sommo Pontefice...cantate, vol. 6.) Pesaro: Fondazione Rossini, 1996. [Introd., p. v; indice...to oblivion. In the case of Gioachino Rossini's Cantata in onore del Somino Pontefice...
- Leonard turnevicius gets to the roots of Rossini on the Adriatic coast.(Letter...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada December 1, 2008 700+ words
...course; they're all operas by Gioachino Rossini. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While a good...standard repertoire, many haven't. The Rossini Opera Festival, held annually in August...or orchestra? Why not Florence, where Rossini's remains were reinterred after exhumation...
- Getting Rossini right. (Philip Gossett, dean of Humanities at the Univ of...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Mermelstein, David January 17, 1998 700+ words
For Philip Gossett, getting Rossini right isn't just a job, it's...also serves as general editor of the Rossini Edition, the goal of which is to...Zedda and their colleagues at the Rossini Foundation over a period of several...
- Culinary tribute to Gioacchino Rossini.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 10, 2005 700+ words
...HL: Culinary tribute to Gioacchino Rossini ..ZO: C-Central ..LE: 422...to famous Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868). He was one PRIME Grill...to famous Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868). He was one of the greatest...
