CHAPTER VIII

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FROM MILAN TO NAPLES.

"Il Turco in Italia"--A Fiasco--The Opera at Rome--The Opera at Turin--Operatic Subventions--The Two-Act Division--Baldness of Rossini's Managers 81

## PART II.

ROSSINI AT NAPLES.

## CHAPTER I .

ROSSINI, BARBAJA, AND MDLLE. COLBRAN.

The Illustrious Barbaja--Mademoiselle Colbran--A Patriotic Hymn 99

## CHAPTER II .

"ELISABETTA": ROSSINI'S DEBUT AT NAPLES.

"Elisabetta"--Accompaniment of Recitative 109

## CHAPTER III .

ROSSINI VISITS ROME--"TORVALDO E DORLISKA."

Rossini's Barber 114

## CHAPTER IV .

BEAUMARCHAIS, PAISIELLO, AND ROSSINI.

"Le Barbiere de Seville"--Beaumarchais' Preface--La Calunnia--Paisiello's "Barbiere" 117

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