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| Composer | Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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Damp squibs prevent ETO's Rossini: Fireworks! from taking off
ETO's extracts from Rossini's serious operas at the Hackney Empire lacked spark and dynamism, but saw a fine showing from Elena Xanthoudakis and Catherine Carby.
Maometto Secondo triumphantly captures Garsington
A great number of works from the bel canto era and before have not found their way into the current operatic repertoire, generally for good reason: many are flawed, dated or just not particularly distinguished. Garsington Opera have just proved to us that Rossini’s Maometto Secondo is not one of those.