Rossini in Wildbad is a

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, specialising in the lesser-known operas of

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and his contemporaries. The festival commemorates a stay by Rossini at the town's spa in 1856, which apparently invigorated him enough to start composing again."Rossini and Contemporaries, Snuggly at Home in the Black Forest"
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'', 24 July 2012 The festival was founded in 1989 by the conductor .

List of operas performed

References

External links

Website of the Rossini in Wildbad Festival
in English. {{Authority control Opera festivals 1989 establishments in West Germany Music festivals established in 1989 Gioachino Rossini