Italian opera in bringing the art form back to life again. Romantic opera, which placed emphasis on the imagination and the emotions began to appear in the early 19th century, and because of its arias and music, gave more dimension to the extreme emotions which typified the theater of that era. In addition, it is said that fine music often excused glaring faults in character drawing and plot lines. Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) initiated the Romantic period. His first success was an "opera buffa" (comic opera), "La Cambiale di Matrimonio" (1810). His reputation still survives today through his "Barber of Seville" (1816), and
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" as well as the autograph scores of his "Petite messe solennelle" and six operas, most of which he composed for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples: "Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra", "Otello", "Armida", "La donna del lago", "Maometto II", and "Adina". A large bronze statue of Rossini by Carlo Marochetti is situated in the building's main internal courtyard. This list includes both graduates and musicians who are known to have studied for a time at the conservatory. Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" The Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" is a music conservatory in Pesaro, Italy. Founded in 1869 with a