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.

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 ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

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 ...

Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar cast of singers in favourite arias duets and choruses from operas by Rossini Donizetti and Puccini along with the thrilling finale of Bizets Carmen Italian baritone ...

Join Sydney Philharmonia Choirs on a unique musical journey, in this exploration and celebration of Gioachino Rossini’s time in the City of Light. In this uplifting concert the Choirs pair two of the ...

First night booing is a fast-growing problem at Covent Garden. It doesn't happen elsewhere, not even ENO; just at the Royal Opera, where it’s become standard practice for the director of practically ...

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