According to Beethoven, Rossini’s “excellent opera buffa,” The Barber of Seville, would be “played so long as Italian opera will exist.” The older master’s assessment was spot on. Over the past two ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Opera is kicking off its milestone 50th season with a timeless classic, “The Barber of Seville.” To celebrate, the company is bringing an all-star lineup to the ...

The Italians had a lot going on in the 1500s. A century that started with Leonardo da Vinci painting the “Mona Lisa” ended with the invention of opera by a coterie of composers in Venice. Between them ...

Have you ever seen a production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Giaochino Rossini’s beloved and ubiquitous opera, with Count Almaviva dressed as a hippie, prancing around while cradling a sitar? What ...

When Gioachino Rossini premiered his opera “The Barber of Seville” in Rome on Feb. 20, 1816, everything that could go wrong went wrong. A string snapped on a singer’s guitar as he began playing.

The Barber of Seville is part of Glyndebourne Open House – a weekly series of free operas, available on YouTube. The Barber of Seville is the glittering operatic jewel in Rossini’s musical crown, one ...

After this season’s opener, “The Elixir of Love,” the L.A. Opera delivers yet another supremely delicious bel-canto comedy, “The Barber of Seville,” this one the finest of them all. There’s something ...

Even if you think you don’t like opera, you’ve probably hummed tunes from “The Barber of Seville.” The music has appeared in everything from Looney Tunes cartoons to episodes of “Seinfeld” and “The ...

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