MADISON (WKOW) -- A classic opera is coming to downtown Madison to start November. Madison Opera will be performing "The Barber of Seville" at the Overture Center on November 1 and 3. The opera is ...

A disguised count, a know-it-all barber, an old wretched man and a young passionate woman locked in her house. Together these witty characters, amongst others, create what is well-known on the opera ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Madison Opera will begin its 2024-25 season with Gioachino Rossini’s The ...

The earliest exposure most of us ever had to Gioacchino Rossini's “The Barber of Seville” was a seven-minute animated short starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, improvising some very different stage ...

One question that arises from Minnesota Opera’s production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”: how did such an inane story become so embedded in the consciousness of Western culture?

When the audience is laughing uproariously and applauding before the overture ends — especially when there’s steady rain falling beyond on the open hall — you know you’ve got a hit on your hands. Well ...