Rossini

American  

[roh-see-nee, raw-, raws-see-nee] / roʊˈsi ni, rɔ-, rɔsˈsi ni /

noun

1. Gioacchino Antonio 1792–1868, Italian composer.

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Rossini British  

/ rɒˈsiːnɪ /

noun

1. Gioacchino Antonio (dʒoakˈkiːno anˈtɔːnjo). 1792–1868, Italian composer, esp of operas, such as The Barber of Seville (1816) and William Tell (1829)

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Example Sentences

Opera Philadelphia’s 50th-season opener, Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims,” performed over the past two weekends at the Academy of Music, was appropriately tongue-in-cheek.

From The Wall Street Journal

She will also join bass Adam Lau for a comic duet from Rossini’s “The Italian Girl in Algiers.”

From Seattle Times

She values Rossini in particular as an artist at the crossroads of a time of turbulent change in European history.

From Seattle Times

“I was fascinated by the sound of the oboe on a record we had of the overture to Rossini’s opera ‘The Silken Ladder,’” Mr. Stacy recalled in a 1996 interview with The Associated Press.

From New York Times

She appeared in the house only once more, when the visiting Rome Opera brought Rossini’s rarely heard setting of “Otello” to New York in 1968.

From Washington Post