ARTIST FOR THE WEEK 17 (22ND- 28TH APRIL 2019)

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ARTIST FOR WEEK 17 G ROSSINI

 Gioachino Rossini was born in Pesaro, 
which was part of the Papal states, in 1792.
 His father Giuseppe was a semi-professional trumpeter 
member of a local orchestra
 who played in support of the French troops,
 while his mother was an aspiring singer. 
 He spent his adolescence in Bologna, 
where he enrolled in the local conservatory at the age of fourteen.
 He composed his first professional opera,
 La cambiale di matrimonio, 
 when he was 18 years old —its duet Dunque io son—was re-used in the first act of the Barbiere di Siviglia.
 He acquired international fame by the age of 20, with Tancredi and L’Italiana in Algeri.
 However, he retired at age 37.