Rossini

GIOACCHIMO, (rds-se'ne,) the most distinguished of Italian composers, was B. of humble parentage at Pesaro, in 1792. He early evinced great musical abilities; and, after studying the works of Haydn and Mozart, produced in 1812 his first opera, L'Torganno Infelice. In the next year appeared Tancredi, a work which established his reputation. In 1815, he became musical director of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples, where he brought out, in 1816, Il Barbiere di Seviglia, perhaps the most popular of all his productions. In 1818, he gave the world his Mosé in Egitto; and from 1824 to 1830, held the directorship of the Italian Opera, Paris, where, in 1829, he brought out the masterpiece of his genius-William Tell. In 1842, he produced his Stabat Mater. Other of his popular operas which still retain their popularity are Otello, Semiramide, La Guzza Ladra, and La Cenerentola. D. at Paris, 1870. [s. 779]