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 ...

“Cinderella” is a barnstormer of a title — enough to make a dent in the age of the average operagoer — but there is no fairy godmother, glass slipper, pumpkin, nor midnight rush for home in Rossini’s ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Rossini’s timeless romantic comedy Cinderella, transporting audiences to a world of enchantment from January 21 to February 10, 2024. Considered one of his finest ...

Resonance Works will present Gioachino Rossini's rarely-performed La donna del lago (The Lady of the Lake) at the Charity Randall Theatre on Friday, June 28, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 30, ...

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.

For more than 200 years, Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” have been among the best-known operas in the world, with comical stories and lively music ...

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