Rossini's famous comic opera, La gazza ladra, was based on a tragic, real-life crime story, but his version is somewhat sanitized. Young Ninetta escapes the gallows when it is discovered that a pet ...

While the overture to this opera (better known on these shores as The Thieving Magpie) is one of the best known and most popular, the opera itself is rarely staged. This performance from the 2007 ...

Inspired by a true story of survival.

Mezzo Hannah Ludwig belts out a jolly drinking song in Rossini’s otherwise serious opera La Gazza Ladra. Steven Pisano There’a an antique joke set at the old Metropolitan Opera House—the scruffy venue ...

With period instruments and an unusual orchestral setup, Teatro Nuovo’s productions of two obscure operas by Bellini and Rossini offer a taste of what once made these works so wildly successful. Heidi ...

Eb Piccolo Clarinet (instead Bb Clarinet 1) part of "La Gazza Ladra" ( The Thieving Magpie) overture by Gioacchino Rossini. Complete transcription for Clarinet Quartet by Enrico Zullino (Bb Clarinets ...

The King’s Own Philharmonic Society is presenting its annual symphonic band concert at the Catholic Institute, Floriana, today. The concert will feature Ben-Hur Overture by Miklos Rosza, Arlesienne ...

A Thieving Magpie' - well of course it's about a criminal. From maybe Rossini's best known opera comes his best known overture. The work's a riot - or a steal!

A feathered thief, a servant wrongly sentenced to death and a corrupt, power-hungry politician: those are the protagonists of Rossini’s semi-serious opera whose overture, with its drum rolls and oboe ...