The master of the opera buffa genre, Gioachino Antonio Rossini, was born in the Italian town of Pessaro, where the sun-drenched hills of the Appenine region meet the azure-blue waters of the Adriatic Sea. The sunlight and ocean water didn’t just forge this piece of land, but also Rossini’s romantic disposition. The composer’s growth trajectory was backlit by the resplendence of the Renaissance period. Following the thread of Rossini’s 39 opera pieces, this book delves into the riveting fait divers and stories concerning this pioneering figure, and investigates the life of this nostalgic mind who, finding himself within tradition, managed to attain artistic sublimation and personal uninhibitedness.