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Meeting Rossini
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Bizet: 10 facts about the great composer
3. Meeting Rossini
As a young man, Bizet became a regular guest at Offenbach's parties, where among other musicians he met the veteran Rossini, who Bizet described as ‘the greatest of them all, because like Mozart, he has all the virtues.’
