Central City Opera has announced the cast and artistic team for its upcoming production of Rossini's beloved comedy, The Barber of Seville. The star-studded cast of this production features a host of ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

A disguised count, a know-it-all barber, an old wretched man and a young passionate woman locked in her house. Together these witty characters, amongst others, create what is well-known on the opera ...

One question that arises from Minnesota Opera’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”: how did such an inane story become so embedded in the consciousness of Western culture?

Chuck Hudson’s training as a mime helps to inform his production of the comedic opera, “The Barber of Seville,” at the Ordway. MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things ...

During rehearsals of Calgary Opera’s The Barber of Seville, Adam Lau managed to get a laugh from the cast and crew with an unscripted bit of comedy.

Full disclosure, prior to attending this performance, I had never been to the opera before. Like many, I assumed it was a very high brow, serious affair that only the upper echelons of society would ...

This weekend, San Diego Opera presented its 10th production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville,” and on opening night Friday, it played to a nearly full house at the 3,000-seat San Diego ...

Among the many reasons “The Barber of Seville” opera is hugely popular worldwide, here are three: Its music is instantly familiar, thanks to its usage in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon “Rabbit of Seville ...