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.
Veteran director Chuck Hudson brings his background as a devoted student of legendary French mime artist Marcel Marceau to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rossini's William Tell, famous for the use of part of its spectacular overture as the signature tune of The Lone Ranger TV series, is one of the most demanding operas ever written. It's a thrilling ...
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 ...
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