Gioacchino Rossini, Sir Terry Wogan

British Museum

Happy ‪#‎LeapDay‬ birthday to Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, born ‪#‎onthisday‬ in 1792! Here’s a satirical print by Eugène Delacroix praising the originality, creativity and modernism of Rossini and of the Théatre Italien. Rossini is shown here with rolled sheets of music bursting from his pockets while supporting three singers as characters from his operas: Manuel del Populo Garcia (as Othello in 'Othello'), Madam Mainville-Fodor (as Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville') and Pellegrini (as Figaro in 'The Barber of Seville'). http://ow.ly/YRXD1

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