01 Jul 2011

The Puzzle Of Rossini’s Brief Career

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/arts/music/rossini-and-his-abrupt-farewell-to-opera.html

By Zachary Woolfe [NY Times, 1 July 2011]
There are lots of theories. Maybe Gioachino Rossini was tired. He might have been devastated by the death of his beloved mother.