FARGO - Perhaps no other opera has been co-opted in pop culture as much as Gioachino Rossini's "Barber of Seville." Just over two minutes into the overture and even an opera novice will recognize a ...

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While Mike Kerrigan associates movies with listening to classical music (“The Dude Digs Mozart,” op-ed, April 3), many of us go in another cinematic direction. After all, you have the Road Runner ...

One of Looney Tunes' most famous cartoons is 1950's The Rabbit of Seville, a short that pits Bugs Bunny against Elmer Fudd to the tune of Rossini's opera buffa. Today's Nice Price or No Dice Cadillac ...

Ludwig van Beethoven had a visitor. A young man stepped into the legendary composer’s attic apartment in Vienna. He was introduced as Gioachino Rossini. “Ah ...

Opera in the Outfield If you head to Nationals Park on Saturday at 5:30 p.m., you won't see a baseball game. Instead you'll see a live simulcast of the Washington National Opera's season opener, "The ...

For more than 200 years, Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” have been among the best-known operas in the world, with comical stories and lively music ...