1791. =L. J. F. Hérold= (Paris). Is best known by his _Zampa_ and _Le Pré aux Clercs_, both of which are frequently before the public. 1791. =P. J. Lindpaintner= (Coblenz). Wrote twenty-eight operas, mostly forgotten now. The best seems to be _Der Vampyr_. 1792. =G. A. Rossini= (Pesaro), 1792-1868. Is world known, if only for his _William Tell_ music. From his enormous list of operatic works, the following may be selected for mention: _Tancredi_ (1813), _L’Italiani in Algeri_ (1813), _Il Barbiere di Siviglia_ (1816), _La Cenerentola_ (1817), _La Gazza Ladra_ (1817), _Semiramide_ (1823), _Mosé in Egitto_ (1818), _Guillaume Tell_ (1829). 1794. =Luigi Lablache= (Naples). Was a magnificent bass singer who delighted Europe. He excelled in both serious and comic parts, and was a well-equipped artist. 1795. =G. B. Rubini= (Romano). Was equally celebrated as a tenor of the first rank. His greatest successes were attained in Rossini’s and Bellini’s operas. 1796. =Giovanni Pacini= (Catania). Wrote a large number of operas, of which the best is _Saffo_ (Naples, 1840). His works total eighty specimens of opera alone, but most are written upon the pattern of Rossini. 1796. =Heinrich Marschner= (Zittau). Was a powerful composer of romantic opera. _Hans Heiling_ is especially fine, while mention must also be made of _Templer und Jüdin_ and of _Der Vampyr_. His operas are conceived in a kindred spirit to that of Weber’s. 1797. =Franz Schubert= (Vienna), 1797-1828. Schubert’s importance as a writer of opera is small as compared with his achievement in other fields—such as song and symphony. The chief in degree are _Fierrabras_ and _Alfonso und Estella_. 1797. =Saverio Mercadante= (Altamura). Wrote a number of operas on the Italian model, of which _Il Guiramento_ (Milan, 1837) is the finest. 1797. =Lucy Elizabeth Vestris= (London). Made a great impression as a singer upon the opera habitués of her day. She was the original “Fatima” in the production of _Oberon_. 1797. =Gaetano Donizetti= (Bergamo). Wrote a very large number of operas, which present such opportunities to vocalists as to be frequently produced to-day. The chief ones in the modern repertoire are _Lucia di Lammermoor_ (1835), _Lucretia Borgia_ (1833), _L’Elisir d’Amore_, _La Fille du Régiment_ (1840), _Linda di Chamounix_ (1842), _La Favorita_ (1840), _Don Pasquale_. 1798. =Giudetta Pasta= (Como). Was an Italian singer of great charm and ability; in Rossini’s operas she appears to have been almost unequalled.