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 ...
Peter Tregear is covering the role of Elmiro for Melbourne Opera. If you attend Rossini’s opera Otello (1813) expecting something close to the structure and poetry of Shakepeare’s original – as Lord ...
François Couperin was one of the baroque era’s greatest keyboard composers. Did he write any orchestral music? Er, no. Though listen to a few minutes of Hugo Reyne’s version of his trio sonata “La ...