▁Paris ▁had ▁Ross ini ▁hur ry ing ▁back . ▁Charles ▁X ▁was ▁over th rown ▁in ▁a ▁revolution ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 8 3 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁new ▁administration , ▁head ed ▁by ▁Louis ▁Philippe ▁I , ▁announced ▁radical ▁cut back s ▁in ▁government ▁sp ending . ▁Among ▁the ▁cut s ▁was ▁Ross ini ' s ▁lifetime ▁ann u ity , ▁won ▁after ▁hard ▁neg ot iation ▁with ▁the ▁previous ▁regime . ▁Att empt ing ▁to ▁restore ▁the ▁ann u ity ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁Ross ini ' s ▁reasons ▁for ▁returning . ▁The ▁other ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁with ▁his ▁new ▁mist ress , ▁O ly m pe ▁P él iss ier . ▁He ▁left ▁Col b ran ▁in ▁Cast en aso ; ▁she ▁never ▁returned ▁to ▁Paris ▁and ▁they ▁never ▁lived ▁together ▁again . ▁ ▁The ▁reasons ▁for ▁Ross ini ' s ▁withdraw al ▁from ▁opera ▁have ▁been ▁contin ually ▁discussed ▁during ▁and ▁since ▁his ▁lifetime . ▁Some ▁have ▁supposed ▁that ▁aged ▁thirty - se ven ▁and ▁in ▁variable ▁health , ▁having ▁negoti ated ▁a ▁size able ▁ann u ity ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁government , ▁and ▁having ▁written ▁thirty - n ine ▁oper as , ▁he ▁simply ▁planned ▁to ▁ret ire ▁and ▁kept ▁to ▁that ▁plan . ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁composer , ▁the ▁critic ▁Francis ▁To ye ▁co ined ▁the ▁phrase ▁" The ▁Great ▁Ren unci ation ", ▁and ▁called ▁Ross ini ' s ▁ret irement ▁a ▁" phen omen on ▁unique ▁in ▁the ▁history