Semiramide, the last opera written in Italy by Rossini, is broadcast in a new recording with Cheryl Studer in the title role of the Queen of Babylon who murdered her husband King Nino to win his throne, and then tried to murder her son.
Presented by Clive Bennett.
Mitrane...OCTAVIO AREVALO (tenor)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor
Ion Marin. Discs