After opening their season with a production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, San Diego Opera will present Gioachino Rossini's ...

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Onstage at the Lyric Opera, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) is a riot and a half, with gorgeous sets, strong comedic writing, and some of the cleverest music ever composed.

When it comes to comic opera, one of the best is Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” its universal popularity assisted, no doubt, by its use of the overture in the silly Looney Tunes short of “The Rabbit ...