On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of the great maestro, the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal is pleased to support an evening dedicated to the representation of extracts from the Péchés de vieillesse 'Old age sins', a work composed by Gioacchino Rossini in the last years of his life.
September 19th 2018, 8pm
Lunenburg Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Nova Scotia.
Tickets are available at the box office at 902-634-8667, or at Shop on the Corner, 263 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg.
Collection of compositions, Péchés de Vieillesse, that is, sins of old-age as the composer has jokingly called these songs, best represent the last period of Rossini's creativity, in which the composer has poured out his subtle irony, his sophisticated ' 'musical' ingenuity, his melancholy, commited to his joy of life, his innate originality
For more information: http://www.lampns.ca