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 ...

Who says that Cinderella needs a pair of glass slippers? In 1817, when Gioachino Rossini penned an opera drawn from the fairy tale, the Italian composer did not include the heroine’s famous footwear.

A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the Sarasota Opera found a way to present live performances of one-act and rarely seen works to keep limited-capacity audiences (and home streaming viewers) ...

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 ...

In rehearsal with stage director Ben Robinson for L'Italiana in Algeri at Opera in the Heights. Credit: Photo by Eiki Isomura Combine a helter skelter libretto with a classic Rossini score complete ...

Angelina, played by Corrie Stallings, dreams of escaping her life of drudgery in Syracuse Stage's opening production, "La Cenerentola," playing Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. at Crouse-Hinds ...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...

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 ...

Rossini’s mammoth opera about the freedom-fighting, sharp-shooting hero William Tell is rarely staged. Working on a new Covent Garden production, Gerald Finley is grappling with ‘clever dirt’, archery ...

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 ...