A house Museum that celebrates the life and works of the composer, offering visitors a journey through his career and his contribution to music.
The Casa Rossini in Pesaro is the birthplace of the famous composer Gioachino Rossini, located in via Rossini 34, on the ancient “Via del Duomo”.
Rossini was born here on February 29, 1792 and spent the first years of his life in this house, which still preserves original elements such as the arched shutters of the windows, the chimneys blackened by smoke and parts of an old kitchen.
The Museum houses a collection of Manuscripts, Letters, Portraits, Musical instruments and other personal objects of Rossini.
The exhibitions are organized in such a way as to tell the story of the composer’s life, from his origins in Pesaro to his international success.
Among the most significant elements of the museum are the autograph scores of some of his most famous operas, such as “The Barber of Seville” and “La Cenerentola”.
What can you see in the Casa Rossini
A museum route that extends over four floors plus a basement, with a modern layout that uses multimedia technologies, touch screens and audio stations to listen to Rossini’s works.
The birth room with the commemorative inscription: “The divine art of music smiled in this room at the birth of Gioacchino Rossini”.
Documents, autographed scores, letters, prints, engravings and official portraits of the composer, many from donations and private collections, especially from Paris.
A collection of about thirty printed portraits of Rossini, caricatures and an ironic statuette by Jean Pierre Dantan.
The travel spinet that belonged to Rossini, exhibited in the room dedicated to music.
Multimedia fruition tools are a significant part of the exhibition offer.
In addition to the Audio and Video Room, new contents and digitalized graphic material (autographed scores of works and letters) can be consulted on touch screens along the route and special stations allow listening to sound recordings of documents/letters, so as to better understand the biographical and artistic events of Gioachino Rossini.
Particular attention has also been paid to accessibility: the ‘new’ Casa Rossini is equipped with visiting aids for the blind – texts in Braille, relief panels, audio guides and tactile exploration of some works – and the deaf, video guides in Italian sign language LIS.
Via Rossini 34
Pesaro
Marche – Italy
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