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From the producer of the Emmy award-winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs, these engaging PBS videos have won many accolades: 'Best of 1995 Video Picks' (Parents Magazine), '10 Best New Kids' Shows' (TV Guide), & more. In fictionalized story form, each video presents the composer's music in the context of his life. The stories are a wonderful vehicle to introduce classical music to young children, personalizing the lives of the composers within the historical and social milieu of the period.
In Rossini's Ghost, a little Italian girl is transported back in time as an invisible backstage "ghost" to witness the disastrous 1816 premiere of Rossini's Barber of Seville. She learns that great opera, like friendship, requires nurturing, patience, and time.
Approximately 50 minutes. DVD
