The Life of Rossini

Chapter 10 ROSSINI VISITS ROME—TORVALDO E DORLISKA.

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duced at the Teatro Valle, "Torvaldo e Dorliska;" composed for Remorini and Galli, the two best bass singers of the day, Donzelli, the celebrated tenor, and Mad

st clarinet was a barber, who habitually shaved Rossini. In proof of the composer's admirable presence of mind, it is narrated that, annoyed and irritated as he was at the rehearsals by the inability of the

ufficient warmth to satisfy Rossini. On "Sigismondo" being hissed at Venice, Rossini had sent his

ietta Garcia, the future Malibran, and the composer borrowed from it the motive of the magnificent letter duet in "Otello." The moderate success of the work is partly to b

and the little attention paid to the former, may partly no doubt be explained by

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1 Chapter 1 ROSSINI’S YOUTH.2 Chapter 2 ITALIAN OPERA UNTIL “TANCREDI.”3 Chapter 3 FOUR HISTORICAL OPERAS.4 Chapter 4 MOZART AND ROSSINI.5 Chapter 5 ROSSINI’S REFORMS IN SERIOUS OPERA.6 Chapter 6 ROSSINI’S REFORMS IN COMIC OPERA.7 Chapter 7 ROSSINI’S REFORMS IN WRITING FOR THE VOICE.8 Chapter 8 ROSSINI, BARBAJA, AND MDLLE. COLBRAN.9 Chapter 9 ELISABETTA—ROSSINI’S DéBUT AT NAPLES.10 Chapter 10 ROSSINI VISITS ROME—TORVALDO E DORLISKA.11 Chapter 11 BEAUMARCHAIS, PAISIELLO, AND ROSSINI.12 Chapter 12 “THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.”13 Chapter 13 “THE BARBER OF SEVILLE.”—FIRST REPRESENTATION.14 Chapter 14 OTELLO FURTHER REFORMS IN OPERA SERIA.15 Chapter 15 ROSSINI’S REPRODUCTIONS FROM HIMSELF.16 Chapter 16 “LA GAZZA LADRA” THE CONTRALTO VOICE.17 Chapter 17 ARMIDA, ADELAIDA, AND ADINA.18 Chapter 18 “MOSè IN EGITTO ” REFORMS IN OPERA SERIA.19 Chapter 19 THREE UNFAMILIAR WORKS.20 Chapter 20 SACRED AND SECULAR SUBJECTS.21 Chapter 21 “LA DONNA DEL LAGO.”22 Chapter 22 A VISIT TO LONDON—ROSSINI AND GEORGE IV.23 Chapter 23 ROSSINI’S OPERA FOR THE KING’S THEATRE.24 Chapter 24 ROSSINI IN PARIS.25 Chapter 25 ROSSINI AND HIS CRITICS.26 Chapter 26 ROSSINI AT THE ITALIAN OPERA OF PARIS.27 Chapter 27 ROSSINI AT THE ACADéMIE.28 Chapter 28 “GUILLAUME TELL.”29 Chapter 29 ROSSINI AFTER “WILLIAM TELL.”30 Chapter 30 THE “STABAT MATER.”