▁works , ▁but ▁Ot ello ▁( 1 8 1 6 ) ▁is ▁marked ▁not ▁only ▁by ▁its ▁virt u oso ▁vocal ▁lines ▁but ▁by ▁its ▁master fully ▁integrated ▁last ▁act , ▁with ▁its ▁drama ▁under lined ▁by ▁mel ody , ▁orch estr ation ▁and ▁t onal ▁colour ; ▁here , ▁in ▁G os sett ' s ▁opinion ▁" R oss ini ▁came ▁of ▁age ▁as ▁a ▁dram atic ▁artist ." ▁He ▁further ▁comments : ▁ ▁By ▁now , ▁Ross ini ' s ▁career ▁was ▁ar ous ing ▁interest ▁across ▁Europe . ▁O thers ▁came ▁to ▁Italy ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁rev ival ▁of ▁Italian ▁opera ▁and ▁used ▁its ▁less ons ▁to ▁advance ▁themselves ; ▁amongst ▁these ▁was ▁the ▁Berlin - born ▁Gia como ▁Meyer be er ▁who ▁arrived ▁in ▁Italy ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁Ross ini ' s ▁establishment ▁at ▁Nap les , ▁and ▁lived ▁and ▁worked ▁there ▁until ▁following ▁him ▁to ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 ; ▁he ▁used ▁one ▁of ▁Ross ini ' s ▁libre tt ists , ▁Ga et ano ▁Ros si , ▁for ▁five ▁of ▁his ▁seven ▁Italian ▁oper as , ▁which ▁were ▁produced ▁at ▁Tur in , ▁Ven ice ▁and ▁Milan . ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁his ▁brother ▁of ▁September ▁ 1 8 1 8 , ▁he ▁includes ▁a ▁detailed ▁critique ▁of ▁Ot ello ▁from ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁view ▁of ▁a ▁non - Ital ian ▁informed ▁observer . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁sc ath ing ▁about ▁the ▁self - bor row ings