Rossini

• “Rossini has invented, up to the present day, sixty-two different ways of dressing this fish, but he repeats to whoever will listen to him, that he will not die content until he has discovered a sixty-third method, which will satisfy him completely -- then he will divulge his secret, and have inscribed on the _cartes_ of all the _restaurants_ in Europe -- _turbot à la Rossini_.”

  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851

• “I saw Rossini's writing-table, which is a thing never to be forgotten: brushes, combs, toothpicks, nails, and all sorts of rubbish lying about pell-mell; and promiscuous among them was the tube that Rossini uses for his famous _macaroni à la Rossini_.”

  In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters

• “Rossini is also a tougher vocal assignment than Puccini, and though all the voices are strong – even a bit fierce in this tiny space – not all negotiate their ornate lines with enough precision.”

  The Guardian: The Barber of Seville (or Salisbury) – review

• “I tell him that the Tournedos de boeuf à la Rossini is excellent at La Belle Paris in the Rue du Cardinal Lemoine.”

  Teardrop City (you asked, so here it is again) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG

• “I tell him that the Tournedos de boeuf, à la Rossini is excellent at La Belle Paris in the Rue du Cardinal Lemoine.”

  Teardrop City « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG

• “She has performed in Rossini's La Cambiale di Matriminio and in Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

  Performance Program, Boston University, Obi, Romantic Circles Praxis Series

• “Rossini is supposed to have said of Wagner’s music: “He has some wonderful moments, but some terrible quarters of an hour”.”

  May « 2010 « An A-Z of ELT

• “Mr. Tchigirinski transferred his stake in Sibir to that company, called Rossini, in 2003, a stock-transfer form filed with the court shows.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Russian Tycoon's Fall Spurs Money Hunt

• “SIEGEL: The piece is called Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle.”

  NPR: Domingo And Bocelli: Keeping Opera Relevant

• “In this respect Correggio might be termed the Rossini of painting.”

  Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series

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