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"Oh my God! I've done the opera for 14 seasons!" said Doug Nagel, commenting on his decision to leave the Rimrock Opera.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Michael O'Brien and John Millard, adapted from Beaumarchais and Rossini .

In Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake , the heroine is introduced as "a monument of Grecian arta <.a <.a <.a < the guardian Naiad of the strand" - an un-clichA©d portrait of Scottish beauty.

In the early 19th century, Sir Walter Scott promoted Scotland to the world, in what has arguably led to an enduring myth of what it means for the Scots to be culturally distinct from England.

The Barber of Seville , the fourth show of Soulpepper's 2013 season, opened this past Thursday at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Ecstatic ... Joyce DiDonato as Elena in the Royal Opera House's La Donna del Lago.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music has announced an exciting lineup of summer programs for 2013.

This week in theatre rounds up the most noteworthy live theatre playing right now in Toronto.

Thousands of students in Detroit schools are tapping their toes to Mozart this year, thanks to Mary Callaghan Lynch and her Opera on Wheels outreach program.

The MET Orchestra concludes its 2012-2013 season at Carnegie Hall with the much anticipated return of Music Director James Levine leading the orchestra today, May 19 at 3:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The coming months will bring the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner and the 100th birthday of Benjamin Britten.

Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a lifetime.

The Barber of Seville , a postmodern cross between the 1775 Beaumarchais play and the 1816 Rossini opera, is an entertainingly ludicrous affair first staged by Theatre Columbus to acclaim in Toronto in 1996.

The Mezzo-soprano was performing in the company's production of Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia when she injured herself and had to complete her remaining shows in a wheelchair.

The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 2012-13 season with a concert it calls, somewhat inaccurately, "Sweet 1700s" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lobero Theatre .

Opera Theatre once again showed that quality full-length opera is within collegiate reach, as long as you have the right talent, guidance and resources.

When I was a kid, my introduction to classical music was via Bugs Bunny cartoons.

Glendale Library, Alex Theatre Renovations Proceed http://asbarez.com/109980/glendale-library-alex-theatre-renovations-proceed/ Friday, May 10th, 2013 BY ELISE KALFAYAN >From Opera Talks on Rossini to Mark Geragos on the Criminal Law System The Library Arts and Culture Department, the Friends of the Glendale Public Library and the Associates of ... (more)

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Directed by Benjamin Brecher with musical direction by Christopher Rountree, lighting by Paul Sahuc and costumes by Skip Stecker, the opera stars Helena von Rueden , Mary Rose Go , Bryan Lane , Keith Colclough and Mark Covey .