1785–1845, Spanish Isabella Colbran, the Spanish soprano, married Gioachino Rossini in 1822 after a seven-year relationship, and sang a series of leading roles that he wrote for her. Colbran specialized in dramatic, tragic roles and having her on hand, as it were, enabled Rossini to write roles in this more serious genre. They included ...
cases of brain-fever and nervous convulsions among young ladies with an over-ardent passion for music’. Travels Rossini’s success enabled him to travel further afield. In 1822, after marrying Isabella Colbran, the leading soprano in Naples and mistress of the impresario Barbaia, who had effectively launched Rossini’s career at the S Carlo, he moved to Bologna. The following ...
tale of love, jealousy and betrayal based on one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies. The part of the doomed heroine, Desdemona, was written for Rossini’s wife, Isabella Colbran, who specialized in tragic roles. The violent ending of Otello, in which Otello murders Desdemona was considered too disturbing for audiences, who preferred problems solved and happiness ...
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