Even if you think you don’t like opera, you’ve probably hummed tunes from “The Barber of Seville.” The music has appeared in everything from Looney Tunes cartoons to episodes of “Seinfeld” and “The ...

When Gioachino Rossini premiered his opera “The Barber of Seville” in Rome on Feb. 20, 1816, everything that could go wrong went wrong. A string snapped on a singer’s guitar as he began playing.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE MUSIC BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI The Master Matchmaker Returns in a New Vision From Director Matthew Ozawa This spring, live opera returns to the Bay Area with an outdoor, drive-in ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the Frenchman who penned the plays The Barber of Seville and The Marriage ...