Though her voice soon began to show signs of strain, Colbran continued to have a fertile career, creating the roles of Armida ( Armida ), Elcia ( Mosè in Egitto ), Zoraide ( Ricciardo e Zoraide ), Ermione ( Ermione ), Elena ( La donna del lago ), Anna ( Maometto II ), and Zelmira ( Zelmira ), all written by Rossini for Naples.

Though Rossini wrote more operas before his own retirement from operatic composition in 1829 ( including Il viaggio a Reims, Le comte Ory, and William Tell ), no more were composed for Isabella.

Though the spread of this type of decoration in the Aegean has not yet been precisely determined, it seems to appear first in the Cyclades, which were among the leading exporters of pottery throughout the century.

Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.

Though the resolution is historically significant, Hideaki Uemura, professor at Keisen University in Tokyo and a specialist in indigenous peoples ' rights, commented that the motion is " weak in the sense of recognizing historical facts " as the Ainu were " forced " to become Japanese in the first place.

Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

Though God commanded instruments to be used in Temple worship, and the daily life of Israel, the first recorded example of a musical instrument in Roman Catholic worship was an organ introduced by Pope Vitalian into a cathedral in Rome around 670.

Though the Lind was not the first it was the most practical and best known anemometer of this type.

Though at first well received in political circles, it was eventually doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry.

Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas ( having been preceded by the Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson in the 11th century ), Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America, inaugurating a period of European exploration and colonization of foreign lands that lasted for several centuries.

" Though advised regularly of Beaux ’ s progress abroad and to " not be worried about any indiscretions of ours ", her Aunt Eliza repeatedly reminded her niece to avoid the temptations of Paris, " Remember you are first of all a Christian – then a woman and last of all an Artist.

Though his theology was at first somewhat indefinite in phraseology, he undoubtedly gave a thorough adhesion to the Nicene orthodoxy.

Though she later appeared in films Naked in New York ( 1993 ) and Getting In ( 1994 ), her first substantial speaking part in a film was in Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford.

Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable car installation in operation was the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway in New York City, which ran from 1 July 1868 to 1870.

Though at first seen as a data collection and outcome reporting tool, the use of computer technology in the classrooms, meeting areas, and homes continued to unfold.

Though early thermal weapons, such as Greek fire, have existed since ancient times, the first widely used explosive in warfare and mining was black powder, invented in 9th century China ( see the history of gunpowder ).

Though initially skeptical, De Laurentiis agreed after being presented with the extremely high Italian grosses for the first film.

Though definite proof is lacking, there is evidence that the islands were first discovered by an unrecorded Portuguese expedition before Magellan set sail.

Though used earlier in papers and discussions, the term 4GL was first used formally by James Martin in his 1982 book Applications Development Without Programmers to refer to non-procedural, high-level specification languages.

Though it was Rossini's first opera, written when he was thirteen or fourteen, the work was not staged until the composer was twenty years old, premiering as his sixth official opera.

In 1934, she earned a Ph. D. in mathematics from Yale under the direction of Øystein Ore .< ref > Though some books, including Kurt Beyer's Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age, reported that Hopper was the first woman to earn a Yale PhD in mathematics, the first of ten women prior to 1934 was Charlotte Cynthia Barnum ( 1860-1934 ).

Though the ABC machine was not programmable, it was the first to use electronic tubes in an adder.

Though the arguments he used were lost, Plutarch stated that Seleucus was the first to prove the heliocentric system through reasoning.

Though their development was gradual, we can date the full-blown appearance and general ecclesiastical ( as opposed to simply popular or local ) acceptance of Christian images as venerated and miracle-working objects to the 6th century, when, as Hans Belting writes, " we first hear of the church's use of religious images.

Though the word atom originally denoted a particle that cannot be cut into smaller particles, in modern scientific usage the atom is composed of various subatomic particles.

Though they had only recently received the funding necessary to produce the film, the script had been written for some time, having been composed largely during the production of Crimewave.

Though this example is small, real world programs are composed of many lines of code and are difficult to maintain when written in a spaghetti code fashion.

Though the preface to the poem promises both joyous and dark tales ahead, the Nibelungenlied is by and large a very tragic work, and these four opening verses are believed to have been a late addition to the text, composed after the body of the poem had been completed.

Though only composed of simple words, it is notable for being very difficult to sing, due to the lengthy mellismas.

Though primarily a keyboardist, Junie composed or co-wrote several of the band's hits at the height of their popularity and served as a lead vocalist, producer, and arranger on many songs for the collective.

Though he is known to classical scholars as the last possessor of complete versions of Callimachus ' Hecale and Aitia, he was a versatile writer, and composed homilies, speeches and poems, which, with his correspondence, throw considerable light upon the miserable condition of Attica and Athens at the time.

Though Harris's symphonies are his greatest contribution to American music, he composed over 170 works, including many works for amateurs.

Though its land area is huge, about 40 % of the Tongass is composed of wetlands, snow, ice, rock, and non-forest vegetation, while the remaining are forested.

Though their diet is overwhelmingly composed of carrion, some species, such as the American Black Vulture, have been recorded as killing live prey.

Though Ernest would have preferred command of the King's German Legion, composed mostly of expatriates from French-occupied Hanover, he accepted the post.

Though he only had one major hit in the big band era ( a novelty song called “ Cow-Cow Boogie ,” sung by Ella Mae Morse ), during the 1930s Carter composed and / or arranged many of the pieces that became swing era classics, such as “ When Lights Are Low ,” “ Blues in My Heart ,” and “ Lonesome Nights .”

A. H. Weiler, film critic for The New York Times, wrote, " Though The Killing is composed of familiar ingredients and it calls for fuller explanations, it evolves as a fairly diverting melodrama.

Though Lucier had composed chamber and orchestral works since 1952, the composer and his critics count his 1965 composition Music for Solo Performer as the proper beginning of his compositional career.

Though la Castafiore is obviously Italian, her pet aria is from a French opera ( Faust was composed by Charles Gounod ) rather than the Verdi, Puccini, or Donizetti one might expect from a star of La Scala.

Though retaining its support for the president's government, the RPR criticized the executive duo composed of President Giscard d ' Estaing and Prime Minister Raymond Barre.

Though the movie features excellent songs they all depict the situation like nothing else could, like a prisoner singing an ode to an imprisoned bird, " O Panchhi Pyare " sung by Asha Bhosle and Asha Bhosle's touching, ' Ab ke Baras Bhej Bhaiya ko Babul ' composed in ' Raga Pilu ', excellently uses the folk idiom of a traditional song of a newly married girl longing for her maternal home, ( maika ), but being sung by a prison inmate of Kalyani, immediately conveys the irony in its placement.

Though first performed on the piano, the piece was composed for any instrument or instruments and is structured in three movements.

Though North is best known for his work in Hollywood, he spent years in New York writing music for the stage ; he composed the score, by turns plaintive and jarring, for the original Broadway production of Death of a Salesman.

Though the series ' first issue featured a Squad composed entirely of Giffen's Injustice League members, the roster was promptly slaughtered, save for Major Disaster and Multi-Man ( whose powers make him unkillable ).

Though most of the exhibitions in the Wexner Center are only up for a limited time, it is home to a permanent outdoor installation designed by Maya Lin for the Center, entitled Groundswell, which is composed of rolling mounds of broken glass.

Though Carl had written surf instrumentals for the band in the early days, he did not get into his stride as a songwriter until the 1971 album Surf's Up, for which he composed " Long Promised Road " and " Feel Flows ", with lyrics by the band's then manager Jack Rieley.

Though most of Genesis's songs were composed by the group as a whole, in a 1985 interview Mike Rutherford said that Trespass was the only Genesis album where every single song was composed by all the band members equally ; every other album by Genesis had at least a few songs which were chiefly written by one or two individuals, with only minor contributions at most from the rest of the band.

Though it is now accepted that music, especially white music, may be composed in the European influenced sense, the traditional view still greatly affects how songs and their creation or origin are considered.