— The bringing out of Verdi’s Othello at the Paris Opéra, and the final closing up of the restaurant Magny, — both important events of the late autumn of 1894, — have stranded safely from the ebb tide ...

Three opera icons stepped onto the stage during Friday's opening ceremony. Each of them are more than 200 years old ...

Donald Macleod looks at the winning formula of Rossini's early operas, presenting five takes on his life and music. Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of dry academic ...

Donald Macleod presents five takes on the life and music of Gioachino Rossini. Donald starts by unpacking the winning formula Rossini hit on right at the start of his operatic career. Aged 18, Rossini ...

In Hollywood, it's common for studios to exploit old hits by remaking them with new directors and new stars. Something similar has gone on in the world's opera houses for centuries, with composers ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony featured big headed mascots who were Italian composers that became an instant meme.

On 13 November 1868, Gioacchino Rossini, who had successfully revolutionised the techniques of opera composition in the early years of the 19th century, died – universally honoured – in his country ...

A masterclass in both the classical and comical. Here's the Rossini-esque opera duet where the lyrics consist entirely of the word ‘meow’. This hilarious ‘Duetto buffo di due gatti’ (‘Funny duet for ...

And one of the lovely things of this story is when Rossini was famous enough to get invited to Naples, where all this happened, to write operas and have them produced, Rossini demanded a cut of the ...

This week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Gioachino Rossini, 150 years after his death. Monday - The Rossini Code Rossini had the good fortune to learn his craft not from a course of ...