Dec 26th, 2008 · La Cenerentola is Rossini's uproarious, yet touching version of the familiar Cinderella story — minus the magic pumpkin and the glass slipper, but with an added dose of telling, human foibles. Vivica Genaux stars in a production from the Grand Theatre of Geneva.
Aug 15th, 2008 · The Barber of Seville may be the perfect, operatic comedy. On World of Opera it comes to us from the jewel-like theater at Glimmerglass Opera, a perfect venue for the crystalline musical textures and intimate vocal detail of Rossini's masterpiece.
Apr 22nd, 2007 · A debut at the Metropolitan Opera is an opera singer's dream. It's about to become a reality for tenor Lawrence Brownlee. He'll be singing the role of the love-struck Count Almaviva, in Rossini's The Barber of Seville.
Aug 30th, 2006 · Rossini's opera, La Scala di Seta, is full of secret marriages, whispered conversations and lots of climbing out of windows. This is the very beginning of that story: the Overture, performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with conductor Jakub Hrusa.
Aug 29th, 2006 · Performance Today presents the Overture from Rossini's opera William Tell. Rossen Milanov conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra, in concert at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia.
Nov 25th, 2004 · Gioacchino Rossini, the great opera composer, was also a great gourmand. In fact, the man behind The Barber of Seville retired from composition when he was just 37 and spent the rest of his life -- about 40 more years --enjoying food. On this Thanksgiving, NPR's Fred Child celebrates with a tribute to Rossini.