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The Siege of Corinth

opera by Rossini

Also known as: “Le Siège de Corinthe”

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In Gioachino Rossini: Parisian period of Gioachino Rossini
…Le Siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth, 1826), a revision of the earlier Maometto II (1820), which was saluted by the prominent composer Hector Berlioz. Le Siège was followed by Moïse (Moses, 1827) and Le Comte Ory (Count Ory, 1828), an adaptation of opera buffa style to French…
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In Beverly Sills
…as Pamira in Gioachino Rossini’s The Siege of Corinth in 1975, was a phenomenal success. She wrote autobiographies: Bubbles: A Self-Portrait (1976) and Beverly (1987). From 1979 to 1989 she was director of the New York City Opera, consolidating the legacy of Julius Rudel while improving its financial and administrative…
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