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.

Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Verdi’s Don Carlo, each among their composer’s grandest and most ambitious works, arrived last week courtesy of Teatro Nuovo and the Metropolitan Opera, respectively.

The 45th edition of the Rossini Opera Festival, to be held in Pesaro from 7 to 23 August 2024, was presented at the Italian Consulate in New York. The Consul General Fabrizio Di Michele, the Mayor of ...

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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 ...