That great genius Rossini, sexist, gambler and even a little racist

Notes from Paolo Fabbri’s essay on his life and works. Among his words offended sixteen-year-old novices, reverse blackface and a passion for gambling. In short, an intellectual who now would not be good even for Sanremo

This Rossini! They would never invite him to “Che tempo che fa” and Concita would review him very badly. Sexist, gambler, politically incorrect and with interpreters even a little (quite a lot) racist. These are gleanings that emerge from reading the great book by Paolo Fabbri that has just come out for the Libreria Musicale Italiana, Like a quick flash – Rossini’s art and life838 pages also quite large, monumental both in the musicological analyzes and in the mass of biographical information.