Il Signor Bruschino is the last of five lighthearted one-act operas, known as 'farse giocose', that Rossini wrote for the Teatro San Moisè in Venice.
Composition History
The libretto for Il Signor Bruschino, a 'farsa giocosa', was written by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, a prolific Italian librettist who provided around a hundred libretti for composers.
Performer Biography
Claudio Desderi, the conductor, debuted in Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino at the Edinburgh Festival in 1969, and his career has focused on Mozart and Rossini.
Compositional Technique
The overture to Il Signor Bruschino is well-known for its unique feature of violinists tapping their bows on their music stands.
Recording & Production
This recording of Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino was made at the Auditorium Pandurera, Cento (Ferrara), Italy, on May 4th, 2002.
Composition History
Rossini wrote 39 operas in less than twenty years, achieving an astonishing degree of popular adulation before his career as an opera composer in Italy ended around 1823.
Composer Biography
Gioachino Rossini, the composer, was born in Pesaro in 1792 to a horn-player father and a singer mother, gaining early theatre experience as both an orchestral player and a singer.
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