Rossini’s Barber of Seville is a top ten opera in performances. Donors love it for its vocal gymnastics, memorable arias and sparkling melodies. Receptive newcomers like it because of its delightful ...

Emily Trigle as Tisbe, Alissa Goretsky as Clorinda and Isabel Leonard as Angelina/Cinderella in HGO's Cinderella. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane In the world of opera (as in any art), each composer has a ...

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), the ridiculously successful composer who wrote 39 operas including of “The Barber of Seville,” retired after his final opera, “William Tell,” in 1829 — at the age of 37.

As I sat down to write about the delightful recent performance I heard of Rossini’s IL TURCO IN ITALIA at Madrid’s Teatro Real, with soprano Lisette Ororpesa in a charming new production by Laurence ...

“William Tell Overture” was penned by Gioachino Rossini, a 19th century Italian composer most known for his 39 operas, with “Overture” being his last before he went into semi-retirement. Born in ...

Rossini is a composer famous for his large and passionate operas, but his "Andante and Variations for Oboe and Harp" exist on a smaller scale. Swiss oboist Heinz Holliger performs with his harpist ...

As part of their ongoing series of operas in cinemas, Glyndebourne will be giving a number of matinee screenings of Rossini’s La Cenerentola on Monday 9th March 2009 at 2pm, in conjunction with Vue ...

Four members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center play an early sonata by a composer who would later become famous for his operas — Gioacchino Rossini. As a 12-year-old, he wrote a number of ...

Onion River Chorus The Onion River Chorus, conducted by Artistic Director Richard Riley, will perform Gioachino Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Unitarian Church ...