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Semiramide

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Rossini's opera seria in a performance given last Saturday at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. (Sung in Italian)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra conductor James Conlon
(In association with the Texaco Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network)

Contributors

Conductor:
James Conlon
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon:
June Anderson (soprano)
Arsace, an Assyrian commander:
Marilyn Horne (mezzo)
Assur, a prince and descendant of the House of Baal:
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Idreno, an Indian prince:
Chris Merritt (tenor)
Azema, a princess:
Young-Ok Shin (soprano)
Oroe, High Priest of Baal:
Terry Cook (bass)
Mitrane, Captain of the Queen's Guard:
Michael Forest (tenor)
Ghost of Nino, Semiramide's husband:
Jeffrey Wells (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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