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The 18 pages that link to Gioachino Rossini, each with the reason it gives.

• Bel cantoRelated: His operas helped define the tradition’s brilliant coloratura and formal style.

• Italian operaRelated: His works brought opera buffa and the bel canto style to international prominence.

• BolognaRelated: He studied at Bologna’s Liceo Musicale before establishing his operatic career.

• ColoraturaRelated: His comic and serious operas feature prominent coloratura roles.

• Opera buffaRelated: His rhythmic drive and crescendos renewed opera buffa in the early nineteenth century.

• Grand operaRelated: His move to Paris culminated in a work that shaped the genre’s scale.

• Niccolò PaganiniRelated: Paganini adapted Rossini melodies for virtuoso variations and maintained a musical friendship with him.

• The Barber of SevilleRelated: He composed the score for the 1816 opera, reportedly completing it under severe time pressure.

• Eugène ScribeRelated: Scribe wrote the French libretto for Rossini’s final opera, Guillaume Tell.

• Adelina PattiRelated: Patti became renowned for singing Rossini roles, including Rosina in The Barber of Seville.

• Maria MalibranRelated: Rossini’s operas suited the agility and dramatic force associated with her performances.

• Cesare SterbiniRelated: Rossini composed both operas for which Sterbini is best known as librettist.

• Giulia GrisiRelated: Rossini’s operas supplied Grisi with major roles, including Semiramide.

• Teatro di San CarloRelated: He served as musical director of San Carlo and premiered several operas there.

• History of operaRelated: His success helped define early nineteenth-century Italian opera and the bel canto repertory.

• Luigi CherubiniRelated: Rossini’s arrival in Paris marked a change in operatic taste during Cherubini’s Conservatoire directorship.

• Music of ItalyRelated: Rossini helped define the international success of Italian opera in the early nineteenth century.