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There's a whole generation of pop culture junkies who can trace their knowledge of Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa 'The Barber of Seville' to cartoons.

Townsend Opera Players presents Gioachino Rossini's comedy "The Barber of Seville" from Nov.

OperaDelaware has lots of fun with Gioachino Rossini's comedy of connivance and deceit, "The Barber of Seville." Fine ensemble singing and solid orchestral support combine with well-paced direction to make for a lively and funny performance.

Yeghishe Manucharyan as Amenaide's conflicted, marriage-arranging, pregnant-lady-executing father, with Ewa Podles as Tancredi.

The feel of autumn is already in the air, the leaves begin to turn a pallet of colors that seems to inspire and invigorate with its beauty.

Gioachino Rossini composed Il barbiere di Siviglia in a mere thirteen days. The libretto was adapted by Cesare Sterbini from Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Sville .

Movies have helped feed a love of classical music. By MaryAnn Johanson I love classical movies.

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"The Barber of Seville" is one of the most popular - and funniest - of all operas.

Mary Dunleavy as Violetta in Glimmerglass Operaa s production of Verdia s a oeLa Traviata.a PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE/GLIMMERGLASS OPERA Michael MacLeod wishes you would stop watching TV, get off your butt , and go see the opera.

The plot of Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide sounds like it was made up by one of those people who hates opera.

The plot of Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide sounds like it was made up by one of those people who hates opera.

The plot of Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide sounds like it was made up by one of those people who hates opera.

The plot of Gioachino Rossini's Semiramide sounds like it was made up by one of those people who hates opera.

Over the centuries, the story of Cinderella and her cruel stepmother and ugly stepsisters has been interpreted in countless ways across different genres.

Want some popcorn with your opera? You can have it at the Riviera Theatre, where the new Nickel City Opera is in residence this weekend doing a bang-up job with Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." With so much good news surrounding the company's first production, knowing where to begin is difficult.

A capacity crowd turned up at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church for Saturday's second Intermezzi concert.

The Barber of Seville is coming to Libya on Saturday when Gioachino Rossini's opera is performed at an open-air Roman theatre to launch a new festival.

Jennifer Cooper's numerous opera roles included that of Tisbe in a San Francisco Opera production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Cenerentola." Jennifer Cooper was in, booked for operas several years away.

As light and elegant as the wedding cake that fills the stage for the final scene, Rossini's "La Cenerentola" is helping to usher out the Metropolitan Opera season - providing a nice contrast to the heavier diet of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.