Composer

Under the glow of candlelight, these intimate ariettes and lyrical romances offer tenderness, reflection, and quiet, luminous stillness.

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Spotlight: By Candlelight – Ariettes and Romances

RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)

A Night at the Opera returns to Cadogan Hall with a spectacular programme of operatic favourites. Featuring four outstanding soloists – soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone – the evening brings together some of opera’s greatest showstoppers, including the irresistible ‘Largo al factotum’ from The Barber of Seville, the triumphant ‘Toreador Song’ from Carmen, and celebrated ensemble highlights such as Mozart’s serene trio ‘Soave sia il vento’ from Così fan tutte and Verdi’s dramatic quartet ‘Bella figlia dell’amore’ from Rigoletto.

A Night at the Opera by Candlelight

Cadogan Hall

Teo is having some trouble with his La Scala report card: he just can’t seem to understand opera! What he needs is an artificial intelligence… a robot capable of showing him a different perspective on music. But watch out for those notes!

Mimì & Teo and… The Jazz Robot!

Teatro alla Scala

One of the most charismatic stars in opera today, Juan Diego Flórez has captivated audiences at The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, and beyond. Renowned for his breathtaking bel canto artistry, the Peruvian tenor is also the founder of Sinfonía por el Perú, a transformative initiative bringing music to underprivileged youth. Together with the HK Phil, he will showcase world-class vocal powerhouse in arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Massenet, Verdi for the audiences in the Chinese Mainland. A truly unmissable event for all music lovers.

Xinghai Concert — Juan Diego Flórez Opera Gala

Xinghai Concert Hall

One of the most charismatic stars in opera today, Juan Diego Flórez has captivated audiences at The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, and beyond. Renowned for his breathtaking bel canto artistry, the Peruvian tenor is also the founder of Sinfonía por el Perú, a transformative initiative bringing music to underprivileged youth. Flórez’s highly anticipated Hong Kong debut offers a rare opportunity to experience this world-class vocal powerhouse in arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Massenet, Verdi, among others. A truly unmissable event for all music lovers.

Rolex Proudly Presents: Juan Diego Flórez Opera Gala

Hong Kong Cultural Centre

Alexandra Dovgan & Beethoven

Municipal House

Cinderella

San Carlo Theatre

Women's Choir in the Foyer

Teatro Massimo di Palermo

Mariotti. Le due Petite Messe

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

When Count Almaviva falls in love with the beautiful Rosina from afar he enlists the help of cunning barber Figaro to help him win her. But first they must outwit her guardian Dr Bartolo, who secretly hopes to marry the wealthy heiress himself.

The barber of Seville

Glyndebourne

He is supported by Don Basilio, who spins intrigues. Help comes from Figaro, the shrewd barber, who uses cunning and disguises to gain Almaviva access to Rosina. Despite all the obstacles and comic entanglements, the lovers manage to outwit Bartolo in the end and find each other.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Vienna State Opera

Camerata at Forty. Programme: Chris Walden "More to Come" (commissioned work of the Förderverein 2026); Astor Piazzolla (arr. Christian Gerber) "Piazzolla Concertant" for quartet and string orchestra; Gioachino Rossini Overture to "The Barber of Seville"; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Symphony No. 4 "Italian" in A major op. 90. Conductor: Gianluca Febo.

More to Come – Camerata at Forty

Laeiszhalle Hamburg

On World Animal Day, our heroes will embark on a journey through some of the most beautiful and famous works in the operatic world… and who knows, the sound of a horn might just take them to other places as well.

Mimì & Teo and… The Magic Horn

The premiere performance of Rossini's opera buffa Il Turco in Italia at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. A tangled love affair develops through a series of ensembles as a complex cast of characters take the stage, including a playboy Turkish prince, a straight-laced husband being toyed with by his coquettish wife and the Turkish prince's former lover.

Il Turco in Italia

New National Theatre

Cannons roar. Drums thunder. For Opening Weekend, Michael Francis is not holding back – setting the tone for a season of bold, high-voltage music. We’re off and running with Rossini’s galloping William Tell Overture. Take a moment to catch your breath with the quiet intensity of Christopher Theofanidis’ The Gift, featuring tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. Then, hold on tight for a full blast of musical firepower as Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory meets Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, featuring the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay like you’ve never heard them before. A concert of pure exhilaration from start to finish.

Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture

Duke Energy Center for the Arts

Thief, Poet, & Songs

Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center

The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras’ groundbreaking exploration of Rossini on period instruments continues with the crowning achievement of the composer’s final creative years: the Petite messe solennelle.

Described by the composer as “the last of my péchés de vieillesse" (sins of old age), the Petite messe solennelle was originally scored for twelve singers, two pianos and harmonium. Rossini orchestrated the work the year before his death, but never heard this version in his lifetime; its Paris premiere by the Théâtre-Italien took place in 1869, just a few years before Alexandra Palace Theatre was completed in London.

Rossini joked about the ambiguity of the piece in his inscription at the end of the score: “Good Lord, is this sacred music or opera to a religious text?”. The Monteverdi Choir’s versatility from 17th-century sacred music to 19th-century opera make it the ideal vehicle for this choral showpiece, while the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique will draw on its deep experience of French Romantic repertoire to recreate the sound world of Rossini’s Paris. Together, with a cast of exceptional soloists and led by Rossini specialist Jakob Lehmann, they will illuminate a work poised between devotion and drama, liturgy and theatre.

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

Alexandra Palace

For over two centuries, Gioachino Rossini has been one of the most celebrated opera composers, and it might even have been the case if he had written nothing but Il barbiere di Siviglia. Both its genesis and premiere were connected with all kinds of twists and turns, which accompany many a play and opera. The piece had to be completed hastily, rehearsed and staged even more hastily; it was a setting of a literary work that had been used several times; the premiere was poorly received and affected by scandal, etc. In hindsight and knowing the fates of other creations, such circumstances would seem to be the best prerequisite for future success. Four years after the opera’s world premiere, in 1816 at the Teatro Argentino in Rome, Il barbiere di Siviglia was first presented, in German translation, at the Estates Theatre in Prague, which in 1825 staged the piece in Czech, owing mainly to the composer and conductor František Škroup (known primarily for creating the melody of the Czech national anthem), who would later on also give Czech premieres of operas by Wagner and others. The Provisional Theatre included Il barbiere di Siviglia in its repertoire during its very first season. Later on the opera was also undertaken by the National Theatre, which to date has adapted it in more than ten productions.

Il barbiere di Siviglia

National Theatre Prague

Proudly bringing the next generation of exceptional talent to northern Michigan! Experience the brilliance of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, featuring the Gilmore Young Artist Elliot Wuu.

Ravel & Mendelssohn

John M. Hall Auditorium

September 11 and 13, 2026 – Bribery, Bel Canto, Disguise, Comedy and Love: The Barber of Seville is a sparkling, chaotic comedy which tells the story of two young lovers and their quest to be together. The iconic Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! has made its way into modern culture in so many ways! From Bugs Bunny famously giving Elmer Fudd a shave, to Robin Williams singing “Largo al factotum” at the beginning of Mrs. Doubtfire. With memorable arias, breathtaking bel canto music and a delightful blend of romance with hijinks and humor, the effervescent music of The Barber of Seville remains a perennial favorite for audiences of all ages.

The Barber of Seville

Gallo Center for the Arts

Prokof’ev - Peter and the Wolf

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

Hot off the plane from their annual Festival in Tuscany, Sinfonia Smith Square brings a taste of Italy to their home at Smith Square Hall with a whistle-stop tour of some much-loved Italian music. Grab some gelato and be transported to an Italian piazza.

Sinfonia Smith Square’s Guide to Italy

Smith Square Hall

The Orchestra of St. Luke’s returns to close out the summer season led by the dynamic Xian Zhang. This program reunites the orchestra with world-renowned violinist Gil Shaham, a long-time Caramoor favorite whose numerous appearances here dates back to 1994. The afternoon features Shaham’s definitive interpretation of Barber’s Violin Concerto, a work of inherent sweetness and playfulness. Framed by the wit of Rossini’s L'italiana in Algeri Overture and the majestic architecture of Mozart’s ("Jupiter") Symphony, the concert offers a masterclass in both lyrical intimacy and orchestral grandeur.

Orchestra of St. Luke's & Gil Shaham

Venetian Theater at Caramoor

Rossini’s Il turco in Italia is a witty, self-aware comedy that playfully blurs the line between life and art. Fueled by curiosity, attraction, and cultural collision, the opera centers on the encounter between Selim, a Turkish traveler, and Fiorilla, a free-spirited Italian woman, whose mutual fascination ignites a whirlwind of romantic confusion and comic chaos. Beneath the laughter, the opera examines cultural and gender divides, and the tension between personal desire and social expectation. Rossini’s music drives the comedy with restless energy and quick turns of perspective, using rapid-fire ensembles and abrupt changes of direction to pull the audience into a world where flirtation becomes strategy, identity is constantly negotiated, and no one is quite as settled as they pretend to be. The music sparkles with rapid-fire ensembles, lyrical elegance, and irresistible comedic timing. As entertaining as it is insightful, Il turco in Italia remains remarkably relevant, offering a witty yet pointed look at relationships, identity, and the ever-lasting challenge of being true to oneself.

Il turco in Italia

Balboa Park

An evening of "Opera's Greatest Hits" performed by the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Singers at the Santa Fe Railyard summer concert series. Free concert.

Opera at the Railyard

Santa Fe Railyard Plaza

Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini returns to the Cavea del Teatro, the evocative open-air theater located right on the roof of the Maggio. The opera is conducted by the young maestro Riccardo Bisatti, with the now “traditional” staging by Damiano Michieletto. Twenty-one years after its first production, which took place in July 2005 at the Roman Theatre of Fiesole - and thus originally conceived and designed for an open space, just like the Cavea del Maggio - it reaches its eleventh staging within the Theater’s seasons. Despite its age, it retains intact all the freshness, originality, and modernity that have made it over time an “evergreen” production, highly appreciated by the Maggio. Michieletto’s production features an almost total absence of real sets and focuses all attention on comic gags and carefully crafted gestures. It begins as a train journey, announced over a loudspeaker - an cheerful way of traveling “through” Rossini’s opera, evoking places and situations through imagination. Evocative and eccentric costumes and bright colors turn the characters into caricatures, almost as if they were figures from commedia dell’arte: Don Basilio is green, with long, greasy hair and a hooked nose, entirely green with envy like a snake (or rather, a basilisk); Figaro has hair that suggests fox-like ears and a mustache, while Don Bartolo, dressed all in white, resembles a pot-bellied bulldog who jealously watches Rosina, dressed in red like her lover Lindoro.

The story of Cinderella, her evil stepsisters, her malign stepfather and her eternal quest for happiness. It all begins with hassles and endless coloratura. But then: Prince Charming arrives! The legendary, effervescent production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle is today a chapter of operatic history: a priceless legacy.

La Cenerentola

Max-Joseph-Platz

International guest concert 1

The Concertgebouw

A fun, family-friendly concert revealing how important music is to film stories, featuring excerpts from Pirates of the Caribbean, How to Train Your Dragon and The Polar Express, with audience singing participation. Recommended for children aged 7 to 12.

Family Concert: Music and the Movies

Barbican Centre

“A Night at the Opera” brings the grand tradition of European opera into our American Adventures season, celebrating the larger-than-life drama, romance, and spectacle that have captivated audiences for centuries. This performance will showcase highlights of the work in concert format, featuring the Summit Choral Society alongside soloists selected from Central City Opera’s prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Young Artists Training Program. Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute sets the stage with brilliance and mystery, its noble chords and quicksilver passages opening the door to a world of fantasy. From Rossini’s swaggering “Largo al factotum” to Bizet’s sultry “Habanera,” from the thunder of Verdi’s Anvil Chorus to the soaring triumph of “Nessun dorma,” this program unfolds as a gallery of unforgettable moments—choruses, duets, and overtures that showcase opera’s full emotional range, from intimate confession to exhilarating spectacle. 

A Night at the Opera

Riverwalk Center

Born into a family of musicians in Munich, her career began at an early age. Her breakthrough came at the latest with numerous prizes at the Sarasate, Paganini and Tchaikovsky competitions, which quickly took her to the world's most important stages as a soloist. As a soloist and chamber musician, Yuki Manuela Janke also inspires as concertmaster of the most traditional orchestras. Her interpretation of Richard Strauss' "Heldenleben" in the Golden Hall in Vienna with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann attracted particular attention.

Chamber Music Evening N° 8

Semperoper Dresden

On this evening, the Chamber Orchestra of New York presents a varied programme from three eras. Ravel's »Boléro« in particular is one of the most popular works in the orchestral literature. But Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations and above all Beethoven's 7th Symphony are also extremely popular. The audience can therefore look forward to an exciting concert experience.

Chamber Orchestra of New York / Salvatore Di Vittorio

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Symphonic concert about the sea and the forces of nature, with works by Smetana, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Beethoven and Rossini. Conductor Peter Ettrup Larsen, presenter Christine Hagge Larsen. The concert is supported by Sydbank Fonden.

Sea – Symphonic Voyage (ASO TSR 2026)

Aarhus Theatre

With The Barber of Seville, Gioacchino Rossini has written a terrific comedy about cheating and deceit, the desire for freedom and status. A story about daring to stand on your own two feet, breaking with authority, and generally trusting in love as a guiding star and not being afraid to mess with it a little.

So we're also going to spice it up a bit when we move out of the theater and concert halls and meet the audience. We're letting you experience the dilemmas, the dramas and all the fantastic things that opera can and should do. On the back of a truck, we'll go out onto the streets and alleys, squares and squares and tell all the great stories. With five singers, an actor and three musicians, you'll get The Barber in a different way; an hour of welcoming, family-friendly and accessible opera right where you least expect us.

Barberen

Musikhusparken

This is a gripping operatic thriller of emotions, with which the then 21-year-old Gioacchino Rossini catapulted himself to the forefront of Italian composers from Venice in 1813: Amenaide is to obey her father's will and marry a man she does not love. In doing so, she contributes to ending the power struggle between two rival families in her hometown. Amenaide, in the meantime suspected of being a traitor and threatened with death, loves Tancredi, who returns to his hometown incognito, learns of the forced betrothal and kills his rival. But the trusting relationship with Amenaide is gone, Tancredi is desperate and wants to find death. Although an early work, TANCREDI with its lively melodies and resounding finales testifies to Rossini's musical inventiveness. It is above all the solo scenes in which the work builds up to its highlights. With the catchy cabaletta of the eponymous hero "Di tanti palpiti", the work contains a veritable opera hit, which in Italy effectively has the status of a folk song. The male main character Tancredi is in this case cast with a mezzo-soprano, a "trouser role" characteristic of the early 19th century. Musically, however, TANCREDI has much more to offer than this one big hit. Rossini developed new ways for the romantic Italian opera with his so-called "Rossini Code" also in terms of form - often a tempo d’attacco, an adagio, a tempo di mezzo and a cabaletta follow one another. The successful production of the Bregenz Festival from the year 2024, directed by Jan Philipp Gloger, is now being presented in Cologne. Jan Philipp Gloger, most recently in Cologne for the direction of EIN MASKENBALL, focuses his production on the love between two women who have little chance of self-fulfilment in a clan and macho world. The musical direction is held by George Petrou.

Tancredi

Cologne Opera

"La Gazza Ladra is one of Rossini's masterpieces. He composed it in Milan in 1817, for the spring season . " With these concise and vivid words, Stendhal, in his biography of Rossini, defined Rossini's La Gazza ladra as a masterpiece , an opera that was received triumphantly by the public at its first performance at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan on 31 May 1817.

Rossini/Tchaikovsky/Dvořák

Villa Filippina

Rossini’s sparkling adaptation of the classic fairy tale is not about a glass slipper, but two diamond bracelets and the triumph of virtue over appearance. This enchanting opera buffa is a whirlwind of mistaken identities and genuine love. With exhilarating music famous for its demanding vocal fireworks, this witty Cinderella is a captivating theatrical delight.

The Barns At Wolf Trap

You’ll begin the evening watching part of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville on stage. You’ll then be immersed in the flamenco world of the opera in a transformed Opera House. This opera and party experience is a unique evening you’ll be telling stories about for years. Tickets limited for this one-night-only event!

The Barber of Seville Encounter

War Memorial Opera House

In his opera Rossini brought together a string of well-known “commedia dll’arte” characters of which he formed an irresistible comedy – full of intrigue and charade: the mercenary guardian Doctor Bartolo and his conniving henchman Basilio, his wealthy charge Rosina and her secret lover Lindoro (alias Count Almaviva) and finally the barber Figaro himself, who assists the young couple in the pursuit of their love against all odds. The opera’s world premiere in 1816 was accompanied by boos and catcalls – only to get firmly established in the world of opera shortly after. Rossini’s work by now has developed into one of the most popular and most frequently played operas world-wide.

Stuttgart Opera

End the season with a breathtaking blend of iconic energy, lyrical grace, and emotional depth. Rossini’s William Tell Overture sets the stage, followed by Mascagni’s tender Intermezzo and Boccherini’s virtuosic Cello Concerto. The evening culminates with the sweeping grandeur of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, the perfect climax to a remarkable season of classical music.

Rossini, Boccherini, Mascagni & Rachmaninoff

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

While Syracuse is arming for war against the Sarazans, the King’s daughter Amenaide is charged with high treason for writing a letter to Solamir, leader of the Sarazans, professing her love. Just before her execution Tancredi, a knight banished from Syracuse, and Amenaide’s secret lover, returns, incognito. The letter was intended for him. Although he saves her from being executed, he starts doubting her fidelity. War with the Sarazans looms closer, and Tancredi’s to lead his people into the decisive battle.

Oper Frankfurt

Youth Symphony Orchestra (YSO) is a full symphony orchestra comprised of nearly 80 members and is the premier youth orchestra in the region. Members perform several times throughout the year in a variety of rewarding performance settings, including the Side-by-Side Concert with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Mark Russell Smith, where they perform advanced orchestral repertoire.

YSO Tour Send Off Concert

Moline High School

Micah Northam, horn

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

The "Petite Messe solennelle" is one of the most remarkable musical settings of the Catholic Mass text, oscillating between Gioachino Rossini's "prime nature" as a highly acclaimed composer of comic operas and a deep religiosity; between cheerfulness, subtle irony, and religious seriousness. The typically Rossinian rhythm and the changing drama, entirely at home in the operatic spectrum, offer the choir the opportunity to showcase its full talent.

Holy, damned music!

Bochumer Symphoniker

A jack-of-all trades, the wily barber Figaro has a scheme for anything. Moved by the distress of two young lovers separated by the curmudgeonly Doctor Bartolo, Figaro pulls out his bag of tricks. But will Figaro’s scheming allow Rosina to escape the clutches of her ward into true love’s embrace with Count Almaviva?

Rossini’s exuberant comedy features some of the most joyful music in all of opera. From the famous overture to the irresistible “Largo al factotum,” this masterpiece of comedic writing has delighted audiences for over two hundred years.

In director Emilio Sagi’s flamenco-inspired production, sun-bleached buildings are the backdrop to colorful costumes as the characters’ plans for escape become more and more outrageous. Benjamin Manis returns to conduct this effervescent score.

In Rossini's masterful comedy, clothes make the man and nothing is as it seems. Not only does Cenerentola change from a mocked maid to a fairytale princess, the prince also swaps his unloved role for that of his servant - and the ambitious stepfamily is ultimately left empty-handed. Between breathtaking vocal acrobatics and virtuoso role-playing, a social satire for young and old unfolds in which only the sincerest heart can see through. The opera studio OperAvenir performs the fairytale opera in an entertaining chamber version.

The Cinderella

Theater Basel

Fizzing with wit, mischief and flirtation, Rossini’s comedy charms and surprises.

A wife in search of romance and a writer in search of a plot: it’s a recipe for an uproarious tangle of mistaken identities, intrigues, breaks-ups and make-ups. Rossini’s irrepressible farce returns in Mariame Clément’s stylish five-star staging.

Vincenzo Milletarì will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Rodion Pogossov returns as Don Geronio,  joined by Minghao Liu as Narciso, Elena Villalón as Fiorilla, Péter Kálmán as Selim, Anle Gou as Albazar and Matteo Mancini as Prosdocimo. See full cast and creative team details here.

In this interactive performance, students will discover how composers use rhythm, texture, instrumentation and movement to create vivid musical worlds.

For Schools: The Sydney Symphony Performs Music That Moves You

Lazenby Hall

Glasshouse Arts, conference and Entertainment Centre

Under the inspired baton of conductor Naomi Woo and accompanied by the Orchestre de l’Agora, the artists of the Atelier lyrique will take the stage to perform the defining highlights of their journey. This unique program, free of a formal narrative, is designed to showcase the excellence, vibrant personality, and remarkable artistic growth of each talent.

Gran finale

Place des Arts

How do I become what I am not? Between appearance and reality, director Tatjana Gürbaca searches for the melancholic undertones in Gioachino Rossini's masterful comedy. Behind some comic masquerades lies the desire to escape one's role, behind some triumphant vocal acrobatics the fear of missing out on life. Can there ever be a winner in the pursuit of happiness? A masterpiece for all time.

Hamburg State Opera

Concert 8

La Jolla Woman's Club

True to its mission of promoting and raising awareness of classical music, the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie travels across the Occitanie region in various formations.

Violin quartet, cello, double bass

Église Saint-Pierre de Palavas-Les-Flots

Renée Emiko Murphy, Harp

The Juilliard School

The final concert of the season features renowned pianist Frederick Moyer performing Grieg's Piano Concerto. The program also includes Rossini's lively "Barber of Seville" and Tchaikovsky's majestic Symphony No. 4, promising an unforgettable afternoon of classical music.

Rossini, Grieg and Tchaikovsky

Manchester Essex Regional High School

There's trouble in the Spanish city of Seville! Count Almaviva has seen the beautiful Rosina out for a walk! He wants to meet her! But her guardian, the cunning Dottore Bartolo, is causing trouble. He wants to marry the beautiful Rosina himself, for the money! Who can help? The barber - a hairdresser who knows all the tricks of the trade! They lie and cheat, they disguise themselves and trick the police, they escape on a ladder, there are sword fights and completely botched love arias... Luckily, the children help the Count to marry his Rosina after all, and Dottore Bartolo has to look down the tube... (Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V.)

Alte Oper

Soloists of the Maggio Academy

Pieve di San Donnino a Villamagna

Strozzi Fortress

Opera Nica - The Barber of Seville

Cruel sisters. Kind heroine. Bell-bottoms.
You know the story. Stepsisters, a missing shoe, a happy ending. Rossini wrote the whole thing — music, orchestration, the lot — in three weeks in 1817, when he was twenty-five years old. But Rossini’s Cinderella is its own creature: no fairy godmother, no pumpkin. The magic is the heroine’s stubborn belief that kindness costs nothing and changes everything.

Stuart Maunder sets it in 1970s Adelaide. Wallpaper. Polyester. A kitchen radio. The shoe stays. And at the end, when she could leave her stepfather and stepsisters with nothing, she forgives them instead.

CINDERELLA La Cenerentola

Her Majesty's Theatre

Massimo for the city - Chorus of the Teatro Massimo

Parrocchia Nostra Signora delle Nazioni in S. Eugenio Papa

The Petite Messe solennelle stands as one of Gioachino Rossini’s most captivating late works. The title translates to a “little” solemn mass though this does not capture the monumental spirit of this work. Written in 1863, decades after his operatic triumphs had finished, the piece fuses Rossini’s unmistakable theatrical flair with profound sacred expression. Radiant choruses, meltingly lyrical solos and moments of intimate devotion unfold alongside flashes of wit and rhythmic brilliance, revealing a composer at once playful and deeply sincere. This performance features Rossini’s original 1863 scoring for two pianos and harmonium giving us a strikingly transparent and intimate sound world that places rhythmic vitality and vocal colour front and centre. The keyboard writing sparkles and surges with operatic energy, from the buoyant Gloria to the exhilarating double fugue of the Cum Sancto Spiritu, while the harmonium lends warmth and a devotional glow to contemplative movements such as the luminous O salutaris hostia and the transcendent Agnus Dei. UQ School of Music pianists Liam Viney and Anna Grinberg join harmonium player Graeme Morton AM to realise this vibrant chamber score alongside the voices of the UQ Singers and UQ Chorale. Conducted by Richard Mills AO, and presented in collaboration with Opera Queensland in the QPAC Concert Hall, this performance brings together some of Queensland’s finest artists for an evening of choral splendour that is intimate, exuberant and profoundly moving.

Petite Messe Solennelle

Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle  (Little solemn mass), written in 1863, is anything but little and solemn, set to fill the iconic QPAC Concert Hall with over 100 performers on stage. This is a glorious celebration of sacred music written towards the end of Rossini’s life, a work of profound beauty and exultant joy. 

Written for two pianos and harmonium, with four soloists and choir, our collaboration with The University of Queensland sees us joined by renowned organist Dr Graeme Morton and two virtuosic pianists –  Liam Viney and Mia Huang.

Perfect for seasoned concertgoers and newcomers, Rossini combines orchestral and choral textures, to create a work distinguished by its unashamed romanticism.

Two prodigies, Mozart and Rossini, meet on this program, each of them writing brilliant music with almost unbelievable speed. Rossini's Italian Girl in Algiers (the whole opera!) was composed in less than a month and was a big hit. Its overture sets the scene for exotic locales, hilarity and dramatic love. Principal Clarinet Benjamin Lulich is our featured soloist in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, some of the most sublime music ever written. When commissioned to write another symphony at a moment’s notice and “up to his eyeballs” in work, Mozart set to reworking his “Haffner” Serenade. The eventual result was this celebratory 35th Symphony, aka the Haffner Symphony, presented in this program. And alongside it, Mozart's 39th Symphony bubbles with dance-like rhythms and lightness.

Xian Conducts Mozart

Benaroya Hall

Get ready to be swept away by the delightful antics and infectious energy of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as OPERA San Antonio presents a vibrant new production from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. This fresh take on the beloved comic opera combines clever staging, bold visuals, and Rossini’s sparkling score to create a performance that’s both laugh-out-loud funny and musically thrilling. Critics have praised this production for its inventive design and lively spirit, making it a must-see event for opera lovers and newcomers alike. Don’t miss this joyful whirlwind of romance, disguise, and mischief — it's opera at its most entertaining!

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

The Barber of Seville | Opera SA

From Mozart’s elegance to Rossini’s brilliance, via Cimarosa and Verdi: a look at musical theater from the 18th to the 19th century through the overtures of some of the most famous operas

Sinfonie d’opera

Teatro Romualdo Marenco

Teatro Sociale Camogli

Get ready to be swept away by the delightful antics and infectious energy of Rossini's The Barber of Seville as OPERA San Antonio presents a vibrant new production from Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. This fresh take on the beloved comic opera combines clever staging, bold visuals, and Rossini’s sparkling score to create a performance that’s both laugh-out-loud funny and musically thrilling. Critics have praised this production for its inventive design and lively spirit, making it a must-see event for opera lovers and newcomers alike. Don’t miss this joyful whirlwind of romance, disguise, and mischief — it's opera at its most entertaining.!

Themes of motherhood, loss, and joy emerge in a program that spans opera, Indigenous voices, and folk tradition, with song and spirit rising together like flame and tide.

Songs of River & Fire

Desautels Concert Hall

Even a rich prince can be quite poor sometimes. The noble Don Ramiro finds out about this when his search for a bride takes him to the house of the notoriously penniless Don Magnifico. His daughters don't give the visitor, disguised as a simple servant, a second glance. It's a good thing that Ramiro finds a sympathetic heart in the unloved stepsister Angelina, known as Cenerentola... Gioachino Rossini composed some of his most beautiful melodies for his turbulent musical theater version of the charming “Cinderella”. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's legendary production, which has been enchanting audiences since 1974, is as effervescently cheerful as Rossini's light-hearted score.

German Oper am Rhein

Nothing is working anymore: On their way to the coronation of Charles X of France, a group of aristocratic travelers from all over Europe find themselves stranded at a luxury hotel near Reims – chaos is inevitable. And so, love affairs, intrigues, jealousy, and the like soon erupt between all parties.

The Journey to Reims

Detmold Theatre

Paderhalle Paderborn

Outrageous disguises, intercepted love letters, and comic misunderstandings—Rossini’s uproarious masterpiece, The Barber of Seville, has them all. This fan favorite receives a delightful staging from director Joan Font, returning to Houston following the triumph of his acclaimed Cinderella.

Wortham Theater Center

Coro donne in Foyer

La Cenerentola (Cinderella) is a tale of heart and humour full of clever disguises, unlikely heroes, a midnight ball and the kindness of one very determined young woman.

Part of the Brisbane Bel Canto festival, La Cenerentola is set to the sparkling and exquisite music of Rossini and swaps pumpkin carriages and fairy godparents for an evening of magical music and theatrical mischief.

When an invitation to the Prince’s Ball arrives, the gentle and warm-hearted Angelina (Cinderella) is overlooked by her selfish stepsisters and father Don Magnifico. However, kindness can conjure an unpredictable magic; when Cinderella captures the heart of Prince Ramiro, it’s not the slipper that fits, but the heart that shines.

There are plenty of laughs, thanks to the antics of Magnifico and Dandini, a pair of scheming stepsisters, and a mix-up at the ball. Add some dazzling singing and you’ve got a night at the opera offering the rare and joyous conclusion that fairytales really can come true.

A sweeping Biblical epic rarely heard in the United States. This visually arresting production features Justin Hopkins (Bluebeard 2023 & Norma 2018) as Mosè and Ashley Milanese in her company debut as Elcia. Expect dramatic storms, plagues, and miracles, set to some of Rossini’s most powerful writing. It’s as if The Ten Commandments were an opera!

Mosè in Egitto

National Hispanic Cultural Center

"Man only plays when he is in the full sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being when he plays." These famous words come from Friedrich Schiller, and the program under the direction of our honorary conductor Christoph Eschenbach inspires us to many musical flourishes – with our wind players repeatedly shining through with their playful spirit. And the instrumental pieces hit the mark perfectly, for example in the overture from Weber's opera "Der Freischütz" from 1821: Here, bullets cursed by demonic powers decide the love life of a young hunter in a competition – but "the whole thing ends joyfully," as the composer noted. Afterwards, together with our solo horn player Andreas Kreuzhuber, we perform a fascinating concerto by Reinhold Glière: Although this virtuoso piece was composed in 1950, it is entirely imbued with a romantic spirit.

Christoph Eschenbach, Andreas Kreuzhuber

Bamberger Symphoniker

Katelyn Cox, soprano

Step into the magic of Rossini’s Cinderella in this delightful semi-staged production brimming with humor, charm, and enchanting melodies. Angelina—mistreated by her stepfather Don Magnifico and his scheming daughters—dares to dream of a brighter future. With help from Prince Ramiro’s clever valet and a sparkling twist involving a pair of bracelets, Angelina must navigate royal intrigue to capture the prince’s heart. Perfect for audiences of all ages, this vibrant retelling of the beloved fairytale promises laughter, romance, and soaring arias the whole family will adore.

Phoenix Convention Center

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

Household barber, Figaro, happily hustles to unite the besotted lovers Count Almaviva and Rosina. The catch? Boorish Dr. Bartolo, Rosina’s guardian, wants her for himself.

The Barber Of Seville

Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium

St Giles Orchestra April 2026 Concert

St Andrew's Church

Visiting Innsbruck

Congress Innsbruck

From the mind Rossini, the King of Italian comic opera, comes this undisputed masterpiece of love and laughter… The Barber of Seville.  The work has proven so popular and funny that even Bugs Bunny got into the act once with an early cartoon titled “The Rabbit of Seville.”

A beautiful young lady must enter an arranged marriage with old Doctor Bartolo, but she is in love with the handsome young Count Almaviva. There is only one man who can help them.

Will Figaro save the day? Will the young lovers be united? Will old Doctor Bartolo get his closest shave ever? And what’s with all the chickens?

Composer

Gioachino Rossini

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 13 - Dec 31, 2026

Il barbiere di Siviglia · Národní divadlo

Oct 9, 2026 - Apr 9, 2027

Il Barbiere di Siviglia · Wiener Staatsoper

Oct 15 - Nov 7, 2026

The barber of Seville · Glyndebourne

4 - 10 Nov, 2026

La Cenerentola · Opéra de Dijon

5 - 7 Nov, 2026

The Barber of Seville · Edmonton Opera

Past events

Oct 28, 2026

Spotlight: By Candlelight – Ariettes and Romances · Royal Northern College of Music

Oct 28, 2026

A Night at the Opera by Candlelight · Cadogan Hall

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