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Giuseppe Rossini, Anna Guidarini (Gioacchino Rossini's parents)
Isabella Colbran, singer (Gioacchino Rossini's first wife)
Giovanni Colbran, violinist (Isabella Colbran's father)
Jules Janin, a celebrated French art critic of the 19th century, visited Bologna in 1838. There he met the composer Gioacchino Rossini, to whom he addressed these words: 'This morning I met your most fanatical admirer: an entertaining fellow, the caretaker of the Certosa, who in fact is waiting for the melancholy place to take on a different appearance and glory when you finally take up citizenship in the Bolognese abode of the dead. Rossini replied with a laugh: Ah! I touch wood and come to you. Good heavens! I could even reach an agreement with that gentleman my admirer: just have the patience to wait, don’t be in a hurry. He concluded with a wink: but I would be inclined to play for time...'
Certosa, Bologna monumental cemetery (Bologna, Italy), Main Cloister
All the details are available in Italian at www.certosadibologna.it
Isabella Colbran, singer (Gioacchino Rossini's first wife)
Giovanni Colbran, violinist (Isabella Colbran's father)
Jules Janin, a celebrated French art critic of the 19th century, visited Bologna in 1838. There he met the composer Gioacchino Rossini, to whom he addressed these words: 'This morning I met your most fanatical admirer: an entertaining fellow, the caretaker of the Certosa, who in fact is waiting for the melancholy place to take on a different appearance and glory when you finally take up citizenship in the Bolognese abode of the dead. Rossini replied with a laugh: Ah! I touch wood and come to you. Good heavens! I could even reach an agreement with that gentleman my admirer: just have the patience to wait, don’t be in a hurry. He concluded with a wink: but I would be inclined to play for time...'
Certosa, Bologna monumental cemetery (Bologna, Italy), Main Cloister
All the details are available in Italian at www.certosadibologna.it