Italy is the cradle of opera, and excellent opera artists are always emerging from here. Among their ranks, there is a striking representative - Dzoachino Rossini.

On February 29, 1792, Rossini was born in Pisaro, a small town on the Bay of Venice, Italy. His father, Giuseppe Rossini, was once an inspector in a slaughterhouse. He was later dismissed after the restoration of the feudal regime for supporting democratic democracy and political system. Zhu Jiepu's wife was originally a singer in the theater. After her husband was dismissed, the couple became wandering entertainers.

Little Rossini wandered around with his parents since he was a child, living a life of touring and performing at home all over the world.

In 1806, Rossini was admitted to the Bologna Conservatoire to study cello performance. The school soon discovered that the young Pizarro native had excellent musical talent, so he added two difficult theoretical courses - counterpoint and composition. No matter how difficult the homework assigned by Father Mattei, the classroom teacher, Rossini could complete it with ease. Not only that, his music creation seems effortless, prolific and rapid, which makes him often the object of surprise and the topic of discussion among teachers and students in the school.

Rossini was full of vivid musical taste, while Father Mattei's teaching system was extremely rigid, cumbersome and boring. Sharp conflicts inevitably arose between the two, and the young Pisa Luo people had to plunge into the school library with a rich collection of books to absorb nutrients from the works of previous masters.

In 1810, 18-year-old Rossini graduated from the Bologna Conservatoire. Like his parents, he became a member of a traveling troupe. In the troupe, he is both an actor, band conductor and composer.

In order to meet the needs of performances, Rossini had to write five or six operas within a year. Due to the numerous affairs and tight time, he was unable to carefully conceive and carefully consider every work and every detail, thus leaving traces of roughness and haste in many places.

At that time, most of the prestigious composers tried their best to slander Rossini because they deeply felt that this fledgling young man was undoubtedly their strong enemy. The director of the Conservatory of Music in Naples banned its students from reading Rossini's scores. A "famous master" even accused Rossini of being a "loose musician who does not understand the rules of art and lacks noble taste."

Father Mattei wrote an aggressive letter to his famous student: "Stop, don't compose anymore! You are unlucky, you have brought shame on my school." In response, Luo Sydney replied interestingly in his reply: "Dear teacher: Please bear with me! In order to make ends meet, I have to write five or six operas a year. The manuscript was sent to the music copyist before the handwriting was dry, and he read it again. I have no time to spare. In the future, when I am no longer busy like this, I will start writing music worthy of you!"

Rossini was not perplexed by these harsh criticisms; Fully aware that deficiencies in his work are due to haste and inexperience. In his score, he marked the so-called musical grammatical errors with a cross in his own hand, and noted next to it: In order to satisfy the requirements of academics.

In 1813, Rossini's opera "Tancredi" achieved great success. In the streets, alleys, cities and villages, the melodies from the play are sung everywhere. French writer Stendhal wrote: "There is a person in Italy. Everyone talks about him more than Napoleon. This person is just a 20-year-old composer."

In 1815, Rossini was hired by the famous San Carlo Theater in Naples to serve as its full-time composer. The wandering life was over, the salary of the position was generous, and his status gradually became stable.

In 1816, the professional composer's masterpiece "The Barber of Seville" came out. This work is known as the pinnacle of Italian comic operas.

In 1822, Rossini began to travel abroad. In two years, he traveled to various European countries. Vienna, London, and Paris all rushed to hold grand welcome ceremonies for him, and theaters large and small staged his works. While Beethoven was barely getting paid for his Qin Ming pieces, Schubert was struggling in abject poverty, and Berlioz was struggling to make ends meet, Rossini received an incredible amount of money! This is extremely The incongruous contrast arises from a simple reason - the favor given to Rossini and Italian opera by the royal families of various countries.

From 1824, Rossini settled in Paris.

In 1829, he created the last opera in his life, "William Tell".

Some people say that the only reason Rossini came to this world is to continuously climb the peak of opera art. This makes sense. At the age of 37, this young and promising composer already has 38 operas under his belt. He is truly fruitful and has a bright future. The appearance of "William Tell" marked that the opera master had entered the heyday of his proficiency. However, what is puzzling is that the young, strong and energetic Rossini suddenly stopped writing and retired from the music world. He became famous easily at the age of 20, and became popular across the European continent at the age of 30. His fame was so great that people almost forgot the existence of Beethoven and Schubert.

His last opera was in the middle of his life. After that, he lived safely and healthily for nearly 40 years, but he was no longer a composer. In the history of European music, this is a curious exception.

The reason is that some people think that this is due to Rossini's leisurely and wealthy life, which led to the depletion of creative sources; some people analyze that he faced Bellini (1801-1835, Italian opera composer ), Verdi (1813-1901, Italian opera composer) and other outstanding young opera composers felt pressured by the rapid growth and were unwilling to take risks; some said that he listened to Meyerbeer (1791) in 1836 -In 1864, after the German opera composer)'s "Protestant", he felt that it was a waste of effort to compete with such a composer (in fact, Meyerbeer was far inferior to Rossini), so he decided not to write anymore. Some even The reason was simply attributed to Rossini's "too laziness". There are different opinions and no consensus. However, one thing is undoubtedly recognized. This opera master never wrote another opera in the second half of his life, which lasted for nearly 40 years.

Rossini was optimistic and open-minded by nature, and his manner and conversation were humorous. His friend Meyerbeer was very soft-hearted and always sympathetic to the suffering of others. Rossini knew Meyerbeer's temper very well, so whenever he met him, he kept nagging him about his troubles. Someone asked the opera master why he did this. He replied: "I have no disaster or illness, but this man likes to sympathize with his relatives and friends, and I can't bear not to meet his needs in this regard."

In Paris. At that time, Rossini lived in the same building as the French composer Boisdier, and Rossini lived upstairs. When the first performance of one of Boisdier's works was a success, Rossini and many people from the music industry came to Boisdier's home to congratulate him. Rossini highly praised the colleague who lived downstairs. Boisdier felt very ashamed. He whispered embarrassedly: "Master, I don't dare to praise you like this! Your attainments are so profound..." You are far above me..." Rossini immediately replied: "No, no, dear friend, I am only above you when I go home and sleep at night."

Treat the incompetent. Mediocrity, Rossini's humor is even more intriguing. He has a habit of taking off his hat when meeting people he knows. One day, a composer came to Rossini for evaluation with his new work. The composer was eloquent and boastful, saying how novel the idea of ??the music was, how beautiful the melody was, how deep the emotions were, etc., and he was so eloquent. Rossini couldn't help but interrupt the guest's conversation: "You'd better play it for me first!" Then the composer started playing. Rossini listened, taking off and putting on his hat frequently. The composer was puzzled: "Do you think the room is too hot?" Rossini replied: "No, I have met too many 'acquaintances' in your music!"

One day in 1848, Rossini suddenly received a letter, which read: "I have a nephew who is a musician. He doesn't know how to write opera overtures. You have written so many opera overtures. Can you give me some?" Give me an idea?" Rossini thought it was ridiculous, and he decided to give this gentleman a satisfactory answer. As a result, an open letter written by Rossini in response to a gentleman's question appeared in a newspaper in Naples. It included this passage: "...When I wrote the overture to Othello, I was locked up in a house in Naples by the owner of the theater. In the small hotel room, there was a large bowl of boiled noodles on the table, without even a single green vegetable. The boss was the baldest and cruelest. He threatened that if the last note of the overture was not finished, , don’t want to get out alive. You might as well try this method on your nephew, and don’t let him taste the charming fragrance of the foie gras pie..."

Rossini was inexplicably lucky. Although he has long since left his creative career, his reputation remains enduring. This glory that everyone envied began in his youth, faithfully accompanied him throughout his life, and remains undiminished to this day.

On November 13, 1868, Rossini died in Paris at the age of 76.

Among Rossini's 38 operas, "The Barber of Seville" and "William Tell" are masterpieces. In addition, the ones with greater influence include "The Stealing Magpie", "Cinderella", "The Italian Girl in Algiers", "Moses", "Othello", etc.