IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA was Rossini's seventeenth opera, completed by the young composer in a matter of weeks, and was to become one of the key stage works of the first half of the nineteenth century.... Read more
A production of Rossini's one act opera 'Il Signor Bruschino' performed by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Schetzingen Festival in May 1989.
A performance of Rossini's opera 'L'Occasione Fa Il Ladro' by the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and singers: Susan Patterson, Robert Gambill, Natale De Carolis and Monica Bacelli; conducted by ... Read more
Domenico Cimarosa's opera about the amorous bumblings of Bolognese gentry is performed by the Cologne Opera at the 1986 Schwetzingen Festival. Hilary Griffiths conducts the Drottningholm Court ... Read more
Idamante, the son of the King Of Crete waits for his father to return from the Trojan Wars. When Trojan prisoners arrive in Crete Idamante falls in love with Ilia, the daughter of the now dead King ... Read more
The Rossini opera 'Semiramide' which is set in Babylon in 1200 BC. Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, and her lover Assur, reign after murdering the King. However the Queen falls in love with a young man ... Read more