Emanuele Senici

The Cambridge companion to Rossini

List of illustrations Notes on contributors Preface and abbreviations 1. Introduction: Rossinis operatic operas Emanuele Senici Part I. Biography and Reception: 2. Rossinis life Richard Osborne 3. Rossini and France Benjamin Walton 4. The Rossini Renaissance Charles S. Brauner Part II. Words and Music: 5. Librettos and librettists Paulo Fabbri 6. Compositional methods Philip Gossett 7. The dramaturgy of the operas Marco Beghelli 8. Melody and ornamentation Damien Colas 9. Off the stage Richard Osborne Part III. Representative Operas: 10. Tancredi and Semiramide Heather Hadlock 11. Il barbiere di Siviglia Janet Johnson 12. Guillaume Tell Cormac Newark Part IV. Performance: 13. Singing Rossini Leonella Grasso Caprioli 14. Staging Rossini Mercedes Viale Ferrero 15. Editing Rossini Patricia B. Brauner List of works Bibliography Index.