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Gioachino Rossini's 1816 opera buffa, based on Beaumarchais' comedy, features the barber Figaro and became one of the most celebrated comic operas despite a chaotic premiere.
La Cenerentola is an 1817 opera by Gioachino Rossini, notable as a comic retelling of the classic Cinderella fairy tale.
Gioachino Rossini's 1829 grand opera, based on Schiller's play about Swiss folk hero William Tell, was his final opera and is famous for its overture's galop finale.
L'italiana in Algeri is an 1813 opera by Gioachino Rossini, famous for its energetic overture and fast-paced comic ensemble.
Semiramide is an 1823 opera seria by Gioachino Rossini, based on Voltaire's tragedy about the legendary Queen of Babylon.
Il turco in Italia is an 1814 comic opera by Gioachino Rossini, exploring romantic entanglements surrounding a visiting Turkish prince.
Mosè in Egitto is an 1818 opera by Gioachino Rossini, dramatizing the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt.
La gazza ladra is an 1817 opera by Gioachino Rossini, famously centering its plot on a thieving magpie and a wrongful execution.
