This year marks the 210^th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's immortal masterpiece, The Barber of Seville. To celebrate this milestone, the museum "Collection" has prepared a new article about the great Italian composer.

While you can explore Rossini’s biography in our previous publication, this time we invite you to discover another side of the maestro’s personality: his character, habits, passions, and the remarkable stories that surrounded his name even during his lifetime.

Rossini was renowned for his cheerful disposition, wit, and charm; he loved a sound sleep and fine dining, and at times, composed music with astonishing speed. Find out how the famous "rice aria" came to be, why Rossini's name went down in the history of gastronomy, and what connected the composer to Wagner and Pushkin in the new article on the museum "Collection" website.