Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This delightful comedy bursts with laughter, romance, and mischief as Count Ory ...

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 ...

Ménages a trois are rare sights on the stage of the Lyric Opera, but one makes an appearance in “Le Comte Ory,” the rather ribald comic opera from Gioachino Rossini, here to warm the cockles of ...

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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 ...

Some of the best comedy in New York played this spring at the Metropolitan Opera, where a randy French count disguised as a holy hermit could be seen consoling lonely young wives with his “religious ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can’t judge an opera by its audience, but last week in New York, you could come pretty close. On Thursday night, the Metropolitan Opera’s first-ever production of Rossini’s rarely performed “Le ...

NCM Fathom presents an encore performance of Rossini's Le Comte Ory in select theatres on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Rossini's vocally dazzling comedy stars bel canto ...