Philippe Noiret as Gioacchino Rossini

Jacqueline Bisset as Isabella Colbran

Sergio Castellitto as Gioacchino Rossini, giovane

Sabine Azéma as Olimpia Pélissier

Giorgio Gaber as Domenico Barbaja

Assumpta Serna as Maria Marcolini

Vittorio Gassman as Ludwig van Beethoven

Giusi Cataldo as Anna Rossini

Gianni Baghino as Spettatore Teatro Argentina

Paolo Baroni as Michotte

Galeazzo Benti as Duca de La Rouchefoucault

Maria Grazia Bon as Cuoca Villa Passy

Daniel Bosch as Accompagnatore nonna Rossini

Cecilia Brandt as 2° Cameriera Villa Passy

Marcello Catalano as Ufficiale Francese Pesaro

Pierluigi Cervetti as Padrone locanda

Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as Barone Rothschild

Barbara Chiesa as 1° Cameriere Villa Passy

Silvia Cohen as Marietta Alboni

Roberto Corbiletto as Librettista Shmidt

Alfredo D'Aloisio as Raffanelli

Ludovico Della Jojo as Padrone locanda romana

Daniela Foà as Signora Morandi

Cosimo Fusco as Franco

Andrea Garinei as Sentinella Pesaro

Claudio Gora as Dott. Bardos

Salvatore Iacono as Capo Guardie Pesaro

Arianne Kha as Signora carrozza Bois de Boulogne

Dina Leoni as Rosina

Mario Maffei as Morandi

Serena Mariani as Rossini bambino

Franco Marino as Re Ferdinando

Maurizio Mattioli as Mimì

David Maunsell as Giacomo

Christian Moras as Heugel

Gianni Pala Contini as Velluti

Rosa Pianeta as Spettatrice Teatro Argentina

Paolo Proietti as Generale Perrin

Maurizio Scarfeo as Nozzari

Tullio Sorrentino as Napoleone

Pino Tosca as Vivazza

Enzo Turrin as Impresario Cera

Pia Velsi as Adina

Michelangelo Zaccaria as Conte Nigra