Nashville Opera

La Bella Notte supports Nashville opera’s education and engagement programs.

La Bella Notte 2026

Omni Nashville Hotel

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?

The Barber of Seville

Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Pack your picnic basket, choose your favorite bottle of bubbly, and join us for a perfect evening of song and sky-gazing on the gorgeous green grounds of Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory.  

A perennial family-friendly favorite, rain or shine, Opera on the Mountain sells out every year!

Relax with friends as Nashville Opera artists offer up fun opera and musical-theatre favorites.  After, you’ll have the opportunity to gather on the roof to gaze at the moon through Dyer's grand telescope.