Rossini's opera, La cambiale di matrimonio, was his first opera to be performed, premiering on November 3, 1810, when he was just eighteen years old.
Compositional Technique
Rossini reused his Sinfonia in E flat major, written as a student, for the overture to La cambiale di matrimonio, demonstrating his practice of 'self-borrowing'.
Cultural Impact
The libretto for La cambiale di matrimonio, written by Gaetano Rossi, used puns and business language to create comic effect, a characteristic inherited from Camillo Federici's original play.
Recording & Production
This recording of Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio was made during live performances at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival in Germany in July 2006.
Compositional Technique
Rossini also reused music from La cambiale di matrimonio in his famous opera The Barber of Seville, specifically reworking Fanny's aria into a duet for Rosina and Figaro.
Composition History
The Marchese Francesco Cavalli, an influential Venetian who ran opera houses, commissioned Rossini to write an opera after an incident where Rossini made fun of a singer's cadenza.
