What a delightful surprise – a Rossini opera which shows him with his mind firmly on the job, from the overture’s arresting beginning to the anti-heroine’s concluding tirade. Making no lurches into ...

Young Vietnamese piano talent Luu Hong Quang will perform with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) in the Toyota Classical Concert 2017 at the Hanoi Opera House, on November 4. Young ...

Music composed by Gioacchino Rossini. Libretto by Giovanni Federico Schmidt based on Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. First Performance: 11 November 1817 at Teatro San Carlos, Naples. A ...

The San Carlo was the world’s most important theater at that time. Its legendary caffe waiter turned opera impresario Domenico Barbaja had not only the famous mezzo-soprano Isabella Colbran (his ...

Perhaps the operaís unflattering depiction of the Austrians as invaders and repressors of the Swiss people had something to do with the operaís long absence from the Viennese repertoire. More likely, ...

Operas that had middling (or less) success during the composer’s lifetime have been recorded, with music that often strikes the ear as quite familiar, since Rossini, understandably, employed the ...

Known as “The Swan of Pesaro,” Rossini was the most popular composer of the first half of the 19th century. Rossini’s highly ornate musical style revolutionized the art form, inaugurating the “Golden ...

Everyone knows the overture from Rossini’s famous masterpiece. But even many opera fans haven’t seen or heard the rest of it. BLO decided that was worth changing.

Besides its Opera in English series on Chandos, Peter Moore’s Foundation has sponsored the recording of many a fine bel canto rarity on the label Opera Rara. Donizetti operas received much attention ...