RTÉ Ireland

Wexford Festival Opera - watch Rossini's L'equivoco stravagante

We proudly present a live presentation from this year's Wexford Festival Opera - L'equivoco stravagante by Gioachino Rossini, ...

New Opera Stories: Rossini's "Semiramide" - This is not a "tragedy of an ancient queen"—it is a story about how hidden sins never disappear, eventually consuming …

The opera "Semiramide." The final Italian opera composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1823, and one of his greatest masterpieces.
JSTOR

More Than an Aria Written Over Rice: Rediscovering a Lost Rossini Opera

On July 16, 2016, conductor Will Crutchfield will take up his baton to conduct the American premiere of Gioachino Antonio Rossini’s Aureliano in Palmira at Caramoor. With a wave of his hand, he will ...
NPR

A Fairytale Grows Up: Rossini's 'La Cenerentola'

In the opera's final scene, Cinderella (mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich) is left to decide the fate of her abusive family. She forgives them, then sings the spectacular aria 'Non piu mesta' — 'No longer ...
The Conversation

Decoding the music masterpieces: Rossini’s opera, Otello

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 ...

New Opera Stories: Rossini's "Zelmira" - This is not a "royal palace conspiracy drama"—it was the story of a woman who, despite the agony of not being believed…

The opera "Zelmira". A major tragic opera from the late period composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1822. Conspiracy.
Houston Public Media

Opera Cheat Sheet: Rossini’s Armida

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...