The composer crafted his first major work in more than 20 years when he wrote his Mass, which was intended for an intimate ...

Composer Gioachino Rossini was as famous for his love of fine food as for his operas, inspiring recipes and culinary legends ...

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792-1868), an ebullient, easygoing man, wrote 39 operas, and stopped at the age of 37 with the explanation that he was “too lazy” to compose any more. Because his operas ...

Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Verdi’s Don Carlo, each among their composer’s grandest and most ambitious works, arrived last week courtesy of Teatro Nuovo and the Metropolitan Opera, respectively.

From March 25 and 27-29 The Michigan State University College of Music closed its opera season with “Puccini and Rossini: Operas of Consequence and Comedy." The performance was held at Fairchild ...

“William Tell Overture” was penned by Gioachino Rossini, a 19th century Italian composer most known for his 39 operas, with “Overture” being his last before he went into semi-retirement. Born in ...