Paolo (Pablo) Rosich (1780 – after 1832) was a Spanish-born

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

singer and

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widely known by the Italianized version of his first name. A skilled comic actor, he performed leading ''

basso buffo A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E b ...

'' roles in many Italian opera houses as well as in Lisbon, London, Madrid and New York. Rosich created the roles of Taddeo in

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...

's ''

L'italiana in Algeri ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (; ''The Italian Girl in Algiers'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San ...

'' and Buralicchio in Rossini's ''

L'equivoco stravagante ''L'equivoco stravagante'' (; ''The Curious Misunderstanding'') is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Gaetano Gasbarri. It was Rossini's first attempt at writing a full two-act opera. Performa ...

'' and also wrote the librettos for two operas by Manuel García: ''L'amante astuto'' and ''La figlia dell' aria''.

Roles created

*Buralicchio in Rossini's ''

'', Teatro del Corso, Bologna, 26 October 1811 *Taddeo in Rossini's ''

'',

Teatro San Benedetto The Teatro San Benedetto was a theatre in Venice, particularly prominent in the operatic life of the city in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It saw the premieres of over 140 operas, including Rossini's ''L'italiana in Algeri'', and was the th ...

, Venice, 22 May 1813 *Oranteo in Coccia's ''La donna selvaggia'', Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 24 June 1813 *Grood ("il Lupo d'Ostenda") in

Nicola Vaccai Nicola Vaccai (15 March 1790 – 5 or 6 August 1848) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher. Life and career as a composer Born at Tolentino, he grew up in Pesaro, and studied music there until his parents sent him ...

's ''Il lupo d'Ostenda, ossia L'innocenza salvata dalla colpa'', Teatro San Benedetto, Venice, 17 June 1818. *Wibrac in Coccia's ''La festa della rosa'', Theatro de São Carlos, Lisbon, 13 August 1821 *Anacleto in García's ''L'amante astuto'', Park Theatre, New York, 17 December 1825 *Timoteo in García's ''La figlia dell'aria'', Park Theatre, New York, 25 April 1826Ireland, Joseph Norton (1866)
''Records of the New York stage, from 1750 to 1860''
pp. 476. T. H. Morrell

References

External links

*Rosich's libretto fo
''L'amante astuto''
published by E. M. Murden in New York, 1825 *Rosich's libretto fo
''La figlia dell'aria''
published by E. M. Murden in New York, 1826 Operatic basses Opera singers from Catalonia 19th-century Spanish male opera singers Spanish opera librettists 1780 births 19th-century deaths {{opera-singer-stub