Above: The classic Looney Tunes cartoon The Rabbit of Seville Depending on your age, you might have heard your first Rossini - or even your first classical music by any composer - not in the concert hall, but in cartoons. If so, then you might remember Looney Tunes' The Rabbit of Seville, that inimitable leporine spoof on Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville. For your Friday, view the complete Rabbit of Seville, above, and enjoy the music of Gioacchino Rossini anew.
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.