BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Monday, July 22, 1822

Although the Rossini Festival is extended two days by popular demand, Rossini departs today. The July 25 Wiener Zeitung at p.675 notes in its Departures column for this date, “Hr. Joachim Rossini, Composer, and his famous wife, to Bologna.” Tonight the final performance of La gazza ladra is held at the Kärntnertor Theater.