| Nationality: | Italian |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Feb. 29, 1792 — Pesaro |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Nov. 13, 1868 — Paris |
| Near Family: | Father was a trumpeter and his mother was an opera singer; Wife: Isabella Colbran (m. March 16, 1822); remarried Aug. 21, 1846 to Olympia Desguilliers. |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Bologna and Paris (mostly). |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Writting and directing his own works, almost entirely. |
| Major Work(s): | Le Barbier de Seville and Guillaume (William) Tell are his most famous; also the opera Tancredi(1813). |
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Interesting Facts: |
Rossini, one of the greatest opera composers ever, immediately retired (at 37 years of age) after producing his opera Guillaume Tell(1829), from which comes the ever popular William Tell overture. |
