The most famous entrance aria in opera is Figaro’s “Largo al factotum” in Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville.” Everyone in the sold-out Irvine Barclay Theatre on Saturday was waiting for John Packard to ...

This weekend, the Wichita Grand Opera closed the indoor portion of its season with three performances of Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” in three separate locations: the Stiefel Theatre in Salina on ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's rapid-fire Rossini. That's what Opera Philadelphia is saying about the Barber of Seville – it's opener for the 40 th season. That barber's name is Figaro, played by Jonathan ...

It's tough to be the most famous barber in opera and having to sing an expansive, well-known solo, alone on stage. But when Brian Leerhuber sings the lead role of Figaro in Opera Cleveland's ...

If you're looking to the San Francisco Opera for a witty, zesty and superbly sung production of Rossini's comic masterpiece "The Barber of Seville," you're on the right track, but you're setting your ...

Perfection is an elusive commodity. But tonight’s season-opening production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Glyndebourne on a glorious early summer’s evening was just that. Annabel Arden’s 2016 ...

You saw the preview Nov. 8 on "The Late Show With David Letterman"; now see Rossini's entire opera at the Metropolitan. That seems to be the populist approach the new general manager, Peter Gelb, has ...