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If you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as Lord Byron did when he went to a performance in Venice in 1818 – you ...

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

Some authorities believe that Rossini always intended Guillaume Tell to be his final opera – that the attractions of early retirement at the age of 37 were too much to resist. Others maintain that it ...

— 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 ...

Although it boasts one of the most famous sequences of music in existence, Gioachino Rossini’s William Tell is hardly a staple of the operatic repertoire. At five hours long in its original ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Zachary Woolfe THERE are lots of theories. Maybe Gioachino Rossini was tired. He might have been devastated by the death of his beloved mother. Or ...

Gioachino Rossini is one of history's best-loved opera composers, and his overtures are the perfect place to get a flavour of them. Find out why with our guide to his best ones! You can't get very far ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Anthony Tommasini When you consider how it came into being, “Le Comte Ory,” Rossini’s final comic opera, should have turned out a mess. It was a ...

To see more of Rossini’s talent, check out Opera Southwest’s production of “L’Italiana in Algeri” from 2011. The NewsHour wants to hear from artists who have found creative ways to turn their artistic ...