Rossini Opera Dramatic Expansion

This article starts from Rossini's expansion in the dramatic display of Italian classical operas. Argues from aspects of theme, voice, orchestral of opera music and the inhaling of German and French operas and analyzes how he retrieved Italian opera from its declining tendency when it was in low tide. Rossini inherited the brilliant tradition of Italian classical opera; chose typical characters and events in theme; Pursued its ampleness and showed conditions and conflicts in personalities; Adjusted the inner structures of opera; changed the phenomenon that arias and recitatives appeared in turn and dominated an opera; Transformed the custom that singers change the structure of melody and disrupted the integrity of the opera, enhanced the significance ensemble; The expression of operas and orchestral music were connected densely with the content. Orchestral music served the opera. Rossini broke through the tradition of his predecessors, absorbed exotic element and expended the new panorama of Italian operas. The last part is the summary of Rossini's outlook on drama.