Rossini
Americannoun
noun
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They appeared alongside performers wearing enormous heads crafted to look like Italian opera composers Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioachino Rossini, in a surreal nod to the country’s carnival tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Human bobbleheads of Italian composers Rossini, left, Puccini and Verdi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
In the wake of the report's publication, Tricia Bey, acting chair of the university court, and Carla Rossini, convenor of the finance & policy committee, left the university with immediate effect.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
She values Rossini in particular as an artist at the crossroads of a time of turbulent change in European history.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Italian-born Gioachino Rossini, already famous, moved to Paris in 1824 and presented five operas there, including William Tell.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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