- Composer Gioachino Rossini comes back to the three Italian cities and recalls artistic beauties and experiences of his life.
- An elegant coachman on a 19th-century coach pulled by two horses slowly trots through the streets of Rome--the Corso, Piazza del Popolo, the Imperial Forums. Inside the coach is an outstanding visitor: an ironic pot-bellied composer, the best of his century, who after two centuries returns to the three big Italian art cities--Naples, Rome, and Venice--where he lived and wrote his famous operas and "crescendo." He is Gioacchino Rossini. He goes in his coach through the contemporary streets and squares of Rome, through the alleys, along the promenade of Naples, and on his gondola through the canals of Venice, where he first directed and performed "The Bill of Marriage." In his coach and on his gondola, Rossini is our city guide, showing us all their beauties, relating with humour and irony his relationship with prestigious theatres like the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; about his friendship with the legendary Domenico Barbaja, who from selling coffee and chocolate became the most important Italian theatre manager; about his women, in particular the famous singer Isabella Colbran; about his passion for cooking and, obviously, music; about his successes and failures in his job. In 1816, in the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Rossini performed "The Barber of Seville", composed in almost three weeks; it was not a success at its premiere, but a few days afterward the audience realized they had been present at the debut of a masterpiece. The following year, in the Teatro Valle in Rome, Rossini once again amazed the audience with one of his most performed operas: "La Cenerentola". The narration, accompanied by the music of his most famous compositions, will make use of historical documents, paintings, drawings, letters between Rossini and Colbran, his managers, his artist friends, his operas' reviews, and the testimonies of major authors like Stendhal.
It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Be the first to contribute.
Learn moreContribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content