GIOACHINO ROSSINI: LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS

Not only all Rossini’s letters and those addressed to him are published, but also the documents and correspondence of impresarios, singers, set designers, librettists and all the characters in some way linked to the events of the composer. Thanks to the exhaustive notes of which it is accompanied, it is currently the most complete biographical vademecum available on the composer from Pesaro.

The five volumes published to date occupy the period from the birth of the composer until 1839 when Rossini was appointed consultant (essentially a director) of the Liceo musicale di Bologna, in the midst of turbulent private events of which ample account is given.

In a separate volume, Rossini’s letters to his parents are published in chronological order from 1812 to 1830.