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 ...

Sometime around his fourth “The Barber of Seville,” Chicago-based operatic baritone Will Liverman realized he’d been hounded by the same “nugget of an idea” for years. That idea was inspired by the ...

Tenor Andrew Morstein, baritone Sejin Park, soprano Laura Corina Sanders, baritone Andy Papas and mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra Credit: Photo by Pin Lim When the opera’s overture is as zippy and bubbly ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Rossini’s timeless romantic comedy Cinderella, transporting audiences to a world of enchantment from January 21 to February 10, 2024. Considered one of his finest ...

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 is like a train conductor, constantly propelling the movement forward. Opera Southwest will accelerate that rhythm in the composer’s “L’occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity Makes a ...

Knoxville Opera’s 18th annual Rossini Festival International Street Fair is hitting the streets of Downtown Knoxville on Saturday, April 13. A “legacy event,” as described by Knoxville Mayor Madeline ...

The Barber of Seville is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy Le Barbier de ...