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Macia Lugubre Greca
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Skills & Techniques: Accuracy, Endurance, Finger Fluency, Phrasing, Scale Practice, Slurring Flexibility, Tonguing Flexibility
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Horn 1 (F)
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Prague Sinfonia (2012)
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields (1977)
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Composer & Composition Information
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
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Gioachino Antonio Rossini was born on February 29th in the leap year of 1792 in Pesaro, a small town on the Adriatic coast in central Italy. His father, Giuseppe, was a horn and trumpet player and his mother, Anna, was a singer with a beautiful voice. Gioachino grew up in a household filled with music. At six years old, he was accepted in Pesaro’s municipal band as a listaro, or player of the metal triangle that is called the lista. He was thought of as the band’s mascot. His parents traveled from town to town performing in theaters, and while they were away, Rossini stayed with his maternal grandmother. At school he was a troubled student and he often got into fights. Listening to his mother sing was one of his greatest joys during his childhood. He appeared in a public concert with his mother in 1804; that same year Rossini composed his 6 sonate e quattro in which his graceful, lively manner and idiosyncratic phrasing were already evident. In 1810, he received his first commission to write an opera. He wrote La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Exchange of Marriage), a one-act comic opera that displayed his amazing vitality and imagination. This opera had a run of thirteen performances.
The text is reprinted from Opera Philadelphia where more information about the composer can be found. The image is reprinted from Luck's Music. |
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Le Siège de Corinthe
Le siège de Corinthe, a tragédie lyrique in thre acts to a libretto by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet, was first performed at Théâtre de l’Académie Royale de Musique, Paris, on 9th October 1826.
The singers in the first performances were Henri-Etienne Dérivis (Mahomet II), Louis Nourrit (Cléomène), Laura Cinti-Damoreau (Pamyra), Adolphe Nourrit (Néocles), Alex Prévost (Hiéros), Bonnel (Adraste), Ferdinand Prévost (Omar), M.lle Frémont (Ismène).
The opera is a re-making of Maometto II.
The text is written by & reprinted from The Rossini Opera Festival where more information about the composition can be found.
The singers in the first performances were Henri-Etienne Dérivis (Mahomet II), Louis Nourrit (Cléomène), Laura Cinti-Damoreau (Pamyra), Adolphe Nourrit (Néocles), Alex Prévost (Hiéros), Bonnel (Adraste), Ferdinand Prévost (Omar), M.lle Frémont (Ismène).
The opera is a re-making of Maometto II.
The text is written by & reprinted from The Rossini Opera Festival where more information about the composition can be found.
Notable Performances/Recordings:
Opéra National de Lyon Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Chorus (2000)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa (1992)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (1975)
Opéra National de Lyon Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Chorus (2000)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa (1992)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus (1975)