Although he lived to the age of 76, he retired from writing operas in his late thirties,  having already completed thirty-nine of them.
Although he lived to the age of 76, he retired from writing operas in his late thirties,  having already completed thirty-nine of them. Together with Gaetano Donizetti and  Vincenzo Bellini, he was one of the leading composers of "bel canto" opera. One of  his operas is an adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale,  La Cenerentola, and his The  Barber of Seville was completed in only two weeks. FTP name this Italian composer  of William Tell.
Although he lived to the age of 76, he retired from writing operas in his late thirties,  having already completed thirty-nine of them.
Giaocchino Rossini