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Semiramide

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Opera seria in two acts
Libretto by GAETANO ROSSI , after voltaire
Music by Rossini (sung in Italian)
In Babylon, c 800 BC,
Semiramide murders her husband and unwittingly falls in love with her own son.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. CO VENT GARDEN leader HUGH MAGUIRE conducted by HENRY LEWIS Act
3.0* Interval Reading
3.5* Act 2
(A concert performance given last
Tuesday at the Royal Opera House.
Covent Garden, London, in association with Hillsdown Holdings pic)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaetano Rossi
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Henry Lewis
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon:
June Anderson (soprano)
Arsace, an Assyrian commander, actually Semiramide's son:
Marilyn Horne(mezzo-Soprano)
Assur, a prince and descendant of the House of Baal:
Samuel Ramey (bass-Baritone)
Idreno, an Indian prince:
Chris Merritt (tenor)
Azema, a princess, loved by Idreno but in love with Arsace:
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Oroe, High Priest of Baal:
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Mitrane, Captain of the Queen'sguard:
John Dobson (tenor)
The ghost of Nino, Semiramide's husband:
Matthew Best (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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