Gioachino Rossini, the Lone Ranger’s classical composer of choice, was said to be a gourmand of the first order and no mean amateur chef to boot. In between composing such enduring classics as William ...

If it weren’t for the popularity of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and “La Cenerentola,” Sarasota Opera might have produced his “The Italian Girl in Algiers” years ago. “They are so ...

If any vocal type absolutely defines Italian comic opera, it is the “buffo” baritone, and if any composer could be credited with establishing that vocal type in opera, it would be Gioacchino Rossini.

The MotoGP circuit, the top tier of motorcycle racing, visits Indianapolis Friday through Sunday. Some two dozen of the world’s greatest motorcyclists will compete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ...

17 November 1923: Can there really be music outside Italy? By WJ Turner An evening in Rome watching a performance of Rossini’s operas has Walter J Turner musing on the life of the 19th-century ...

This beachfront festival, devoted to a beloved native son, may be the world’s most seductively charming annual opera event. By Larry Wolff PESARO, Italy — The collapse of Italy’s governmental ...