This year's 29 th of February was the 232 th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's birth (1792-1868). Born in a leap year Rossini celebrated his birthday only once every four years. His legacy was ...

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 ...

The Manoel Theatre is presenting two music recitals as part of ‘Rossini Week’, celebrating the work of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. Running from Sunday to March 15, it includes four ...

Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...

The international "Rossini Opera Festival," which has been held annually in August in Pesaro, Italy, will grace these shores for the first time this month. Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), one of ...

Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by mezzo-soprano, Liora Grodnikaite for an exploration of some of the workings of Rossini's opera buffa - comic opera - style, focusing on ...