Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868)

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Gioacchino Antonio Rossini

Birth:	Feb. 29, 1792
Death:	Nov. 13, 1868
Composer. He was born at Pesaro on February 29, 1792, as the son of a horn-player. He counted his birthday only once in four years, and when he was seventy-two he invited his friends to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. He made his stage debut with an opera when he was eighteen, and had written five operas before he was twenty. When twenty-one, his "Tancredi" was produced at Venice, to achieve an instant success, and when he followed with "L'Italiana in Algeri," the Italians hailed him as their greatest living opera composer. Then, in 1816, came his triumph with "Il Barbiere di Seviglia," the crown of all Italian operas. He set his residence in Paris and had become "quite a Frenchman". After 1836 he withdrew to Italy. The insurrection of 1848 troubled him, and he had to escape from the insurgents to Florence. In 1853 he returned to Paris, where he lived till his death in 1868. (bio by: Jelena) Search Amazon for Gioacchino Rossini

Burial: Cimetière du Père Lachaise * Paris Ile-de-France Region, France Plot: Division 4 GPS (lat/lon): 48.8607407, 2.3913400 *Former burial location
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