It is possible to go through a musical lifetime without once coming upon a live performance of such operas as Princess Ida, Rusalka, The Trojans, Mosè, and Tiefland. Indeed, most listeners know these ...

Rossini’s four – act opera, “Moses,” which Alfredo Salmaggi is presenting for the first time in the United States at the New York Coliseum July 14 and 15, will be sung entirely in Italian. That the ...

Gioachino Rossini retired from composing opera at age 37 after composing 39 operas, some of which remain the most popular operas on the planet even today. You know his music even if you’re not (yet) ...