Rossini La Gazza Ladra ( The Thieving Magpie): Overture HQ

All music and images copyrights belong to original artists and distributors. La gazza ladra (Italian pronunciation: la ˈɡaddza ˈlaːdra, The Thieving Magpie) is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on La pie voleuse by JeanMarieTheodor Badouin d Aubigny and LouisCharles Caigniez. The composer Giaochino Rossini wrote quickly, and La gazza ladra was no exception. According to legend, before the first performance of the opera, the producer assured the composition of the overture by locking Rossini in a room, from the window of which the composer threw out the sheets of music to the copyists who then wrote the orchestral parts, to complete the composition of the opera. As such, The Thieving Magpie is best known for the overture, which is musically notable for its use of snare drums. The unique inspiration in the melodies is extreme, famously used to bizarre and dramatic effect in Stanley Ku