This composer wrote "serious" operas like Tancredi and The Thieving Magpie," the latter of which features a celebrated overture using snare drums. This composer's "comedic" operas include The Italian Girl in Algiers, Cinderella, and The Barber of Seville, the latter of which ends in the marriage of Almaviva and Rosina. This composer's final opera, The William Tell Overture, features a finale called "March of the Swiss Soldiers," famously featured in the "Lone Ranger." For 10 points, name this Italian composer who is the namesake of a "crescendo" that sees a musical "build up" over a repeated phrase.
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Giuseppe Verdi
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Gioachino Rossini