Rossini, before becoming the genius we all know, was a child as lively as his music. Above all, he loved the vitality of life, and it is precisely this energy that explodes in his famous Crescendos, so thunderous and light. This entertaining book, a blend of biographical truth and narrative invention, spans the years 1792-1804. Through playful rhyming overtures, we introduce the young reader to a character already inclined to a taste for good food and musical invention, a child marked by a singular destiny: that of being born during a thunderstorm and on a very curious day: February 29th!