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Overture to "The Thief"
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I don't know if you have seen "Sherlock", in which the super villain, the head of the world criminal organization Moriarty, entered the Tower of London, accompanied by Rossini's "Thief" overture in the headphones, dancing while smashing glass, grinning at the crown and wearing a royal robe.
Composer · Rossini
Rossini (G. Rossini) Rossini1792-1868）
Italian opera composer, composer of thirty-eight operas. Among them, "The Barber of Seville" is a masterpiece of Nineteenth-century Italian comedy.
The opera "Wilhelm Retreat", based on schiller's poetic play of the same name in Germany, is also a masterpiece of Romantic opera, and the overture of this play is a famous instrumental piece that is often performed independently in concerts.
Works · The Magpie Thief
《贼鹊》(The Magpie Thief)
Rossini's The Thief is his twentieth opera, premiered in Milan in 1817.
Created after years of war in Europe, the work caters to the people's desire for peace.
The plot of the opera is very simple, the hostess lost a silver spoon, she suspected that the maid stole it, so she went to report the crime, just when the maid will be punished, someone found the silver spoon in the magpie's nest, it turned out that the silver spoon was stolen by the magpie, so the maid was released, and everyone was happy.
In this opera, Rossini vividly expressed the comedic atmosphere of everyone's joy with his unique technique, making Rossini the hero of the time.
Compared with the opera Cinderella, which was created in the same year, this opera is not well known, but because the overture of this opera is very famous and often appears in concerts, it inadvertently increases the popularity of this opera.
"Mr. Progressive"
The Overture to The Thief takes the form of a sonata, which begins with a solemn, heroic, gripping little drum roll that sets the tone for the upcoming march-style ensemble.
The drum music has not stopped at the end, and the theme of the ensemble part appears majestically and boldly.
The second theme of the overture first appears on the oboe, and after many iterations, the intensity gradually increases, and finally reaches a stormy climax.
This "crescendo" was Rossini's usual technique, and this crescendo phrase could be heard in almost every of his opera overtures, which almost became a hobby of his, and Rossini's contemporaries even gave him a nickname: "Mr. Crescendo." "
But it's a wonderful hobby that works well in enhancing the atmosphere, invigorating people, enhancing the appeal of the drama, and so on.
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