Why is Rossini so underrated?

Gioachino Rossini, whom Google honors today with a doodle on his 220th birthday, composed the William Tell Overture, whose finale has since become ... read more

I don't think Rossini is an underrated composer at all. He achieved great fame during his lifetime and some of his operas are (still) frequently performed around the world. read more

Underrated in opera is a tough term - somewhere between 'under-performed', which is a measure against how often major companies put on a given work, and 'under-appreciated', which is a measure against perceived critical opinion. read more

So some of his operas don’t get performed now; Rossini still had the best of it. Michael Zwiebach is the senior editor/ content manager for SFCV. He assigns all articles and content, manages the writing staff and does editing. read more