OperaDelaware celebrates the 225th anniversary of the birth of Gioachino Rossini with festival performances this Saturday and Sunday and next weekend. Legend has it that in 1822 a young and wildly ...

Gioachino Rossini retired from composing opera at age 37 after composing 39 operas, some of which remain the most popular operas on the planet even today. You know his music even if you’re not (yet) ...

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), an ebullient, easygoing man, wrote 39 operas, and stopped at the age of 37 with the explanation that he was “too lazy” to compose any more. Because his operas ...

Ravinia`s 200th birthday bash for Gioacchino Rossini on Sunday evening spoke with a decidedly American accent. Of the performers presenting arias, ensembles and overtures from various Rossini operas, ...

Mozart may be everyone’s quintessential example of musical precocity. But let’s don’t forget Gioachino Rossini. He was a late starter compared with Mozart — isn’t everyone? — but he made up for lost ...

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This year's 29 th of February was the 232 th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's birth (1792-1868). Born in a leap year Rossini celebrated his birthday only once every four years. His legacy was ...

Toronto City Opera, Rossini Opera Festival and Aspes SpA have joined forces, signing a Framework Agreement for collaboration on several initiatives to bring the magic of Gioachino Rossini's operas to ...

Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by mezzo-soprano, Liora Grodnikaite for an exploration of some of the workings of Rossini's opera buffa - comic opera - style, focusing on ...