The Merola Opera Program will continue its Summer Festival season with a fully staged production of Rossini’s rarely performed comedic gem, Le Comte Ory. Metropolitan Opera conductor Pierre Vallet ...

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When an operatic tenor is singing a count—that is, a character who is a nobleman, not keeping track of numbering the beats in a measure—chances are it's Count Almaviva in Gioachino Rossini's "The ...

Comedy, deceit and disguise are set with florid melodies and sparkling orchestration in "Le Comte Ory" by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868). Count Ory will be broadcast live in high definition from the ...

Jacques Imbrailo's Raimbaud (right) leads fellow nuns in tasting the delights of the castle cellar The music is almost lost here in gales of laughter, but Valentina Peleggi goes on winning jewelled ...