I have spent a considerable amount of time in the last fortnight listening to and being ceaselessly exhilarated by a new CD of overtures. They are all by Rossini and the CD will be reviewed in the ...

Trust me, you know the overture. If you’ve thrilled to thundering hooves, clouds of dust and the ringing “Hi-Yo, Silver!” of “The Lone Ranger,” watched Bugs Bunny’s “Overtures to Disaster” with Daffy ...

Overtures The Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor (RCA). This is the third recording to present Rossini overtures on period instruments, and as Derek Solomons’ prior interpretations (on Collins) are ...

Ravinia`s 200th birthday bash for Gioacchino Rossini on Sunday evening spoke with a decidedly American accent. Of the performers presenting arias, ensembles and overtures from various Rossini operas, ...

I've always had a soft spot for Gioacchino Rossini's overtures. Their slow introductions and sprightly melodies invariably lead to a big crescendo passage, in which Rossini repeats a motif several ...

It is a tried-and-true program for an orchestra: overture, concerto, symphony. There are many other ways to do an orchestra concert. But overture-concerto-symphony is common for a reason: it has been ...

Conductor Ruth Reinhardt, center, is introduced with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra before leading Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture in a ReMix concert Friday evening, March 2, 2018 at Moody ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Colburn Orchestra makes its triumphant return to the Broad Stage on Thursday, ...