One question that arises from Minnesota Opera’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”: how did such an inane story become so embedded in the consciousness of Western culture?

Opera lovers, take note: If you’ve been trying to introduce friends and loved ones to opera, this is your chance. The next production in the 2018-2019 season of Michigan Opera Theatre is a classic ...

Among the many reasons “The Barber of Seville” opera is hugely popular worldwide, here are three: Its music is instantly familiar, thanks to its usage in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon “Rabbit of Seville ...

Giaochino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”: one of the great door comedies? Well, sure. Exquisitely timed entrances and exits through a bevy of doors — as well as bouts of confusion by characters ...

A disguised count, a know-it-all barber, an old wretched man and a young passionate woman locked in her house. Together these witty characters, amongst others, create what is well-known on the opera ...

Arizona Opera is celebrating its 50th anniversary season by revisiting an opera that started it all. This weekend, Arizona Opera opens its Main Stage series at Linda Ronstadt Music Hall with Rossini’s ...

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.

It may come as a surprise, but “The Barber of Seville” we know and love wasn’t the first opera with this title. Similarly adapted from Pierre Beaumarchais’ French play of the same name, composers ...

Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” is one of the finest examples of comic opera. Whether it's theatre, opera or film, Joshua's perspective brings Toronto's arts scene to life. Sign up for ...