Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: FlÃ rez 's first breakthrough and professional debut came in 1996 , at the Rossini Festival in the Italian city of Pesaro , Rossini 's birthplace .
Simplified: FlÃ rez 's first big breakthrough came in 1996 , at the Rossini Festival in the Italian city of Pesaro , Rossini 's birthplace .