— The bringing out of Verdi’s Othello at the Paris Opéra, and the final closing up of the restaurant Magny, — both important events of the late autumn of 1894, — have stranded safely from the ebb tide ...

On 13 November 1868, Gioacchino Rossini, who had successfully revolutionised the techniques of opera composition in the early years of the 19th century, died – universally honoured – in his country ...

All sorts of successful creative artists have been subjected to a phenomenon that's been called "pigeonholing." Opera composers — including Gioachino Rossini, one of the very finest — are no exception ...

Donald Macleod presents five takes on the life and music of Gioachino Rossini. Donald starts by unpacking the winning formula Rossini hit on right at the start of his operatic career. Aged 18, Rossini ...

This week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Gioachino Rossini, 150 years after his death. Monday - The Rossini Code Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of ...

In Hollywood, it's common for studios to exploit old hits by remaking them with new directors and new stars. Something similar has gone on in the world's opera houses for centuries, with composers ...

Google is celebrating Leap Day with a homepage doodle in honor of Gioachino Rossini, an Italian composer born today in 1792. The doodle is inspired by one of Rossini's more famous operas, The Barber ...

A masterclass in both the classical and comical. Here's the Rossini-esque opera duet where the lyrics consist entirely of the word ‘meow’. This hilarious ‘Duetto buffo di due gatti’ (‘Funny duet for ...

Italian composer Gioachino Antonio Rossini participated in what today would be considered an unorthodox business venture to support opera. Discover how contemporary ...

Donald Macleod looks at the winning formula of Rossini's early operas, presenting five takes on his life and music. Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of dry academic ...

Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of dry academic study but by toiling in the operatic trenches of Venice’s Teatro San Moisè, for which he produced a youthful string of ...