When Rossini and his librettist Jacopo Ferretti turned Cinderella into an opera (at very short notice, incidentally) in 1817, they had to modify several aspects of the story to make the staging ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rossini Festival this month will grow into a two-day event, the Knoxville Opera announced Monday. The downtown weekend festival is set for April 20-21. This is the first time the ...