"Mozart's first masterpiece! The finest opera seria ever composed!"
156. Il barbiere di Siviglia (Paisiello)
How does it compare to Rossini's?
155. Andromaque (Grétry)
Grétry takes on Racine - and wins.
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
"Mozart's first masterpiece! The finest opera seria ever composed!"
How does it compare to Rossini's?
Grétry takes on Racine - and wins.