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	Amazon.com: Rossini - Semiramide / Conlon, Anderson, Horne, Metropolitan Opera: DVD: June Anderson,Marilyn ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Semiramide, a strong and melodious work, is one of Rossini's greatest dramatic operas, offering a fine challenge to the superb contralto and soprano bel canto singing of Ms.
		I also have a video of the Aix-en-Provence "Semiramide," but the tenor was terrible and the costumes were atrocious--almost everyone was dressed up to look like chunks of ancient Assyrian architecture (perhaps because the soprano resembled a chunk of ancient Assyrian architecture, even without a costume).
		Semiramide decides to marry Arsace, although he already has a girlfriend (somehow, she doesn't recognize her own son).
	www.amazon.com /Rossini-Semiramide-Conlon-Anderson-Metropolitan/dp/B00004Z4W9 (1926 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Bel Canto Zone: Background Notes for Semiramide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Though it is not widely known today, the legend of Semiramis (Semiramide) was wildly popular as a subject for literature, the visual arts and the operatic stage up to the end of the 19th century.
		In his story, Semiramide becomes an Egyptian princess (a variant Metastasio himself acknowledges in his introductory notes), who after an ill-fated affair with an Indian prince (styling himself under the name "Idreno") that resulted in her being stabbed and left for dead, makes her way to Assyria and marries the king.
		Semiramide proved successful in the theater up to the end of the 19th century and was truly the first grand opéra, one to which successive generations of French and Italian composers would turn for inspiration.
	www.operaworld.com /belcanto/semback.shtml (1174 words)

	DVD Review - Semiramide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Semiramide (Say-meer-RAH-me-day) is smitten by Arsace, but he has little time to sort out his feelings before both learn to their horror that he’s her long-lost son, Ninias.
		She is justly renowned in the role of Semiramide.
		True, her physical expression is of the semaphore variety and this declamatory style tends to betoken limited involvement in characterization.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/semiramide.shtml (1606 words)

	Gioacchino Rossini - Overture to "Semiramide"
		Semiramide was composed in Venice in January of 1823, and was first produced on February 3, at the Venetian theater La Fenice.
		Semiramide met with moderate success in its first run, however, and is still one of the works that still lurk on the outskirts of the standard operatic repertory today.
		In the libretto used by Rossini (which is at least partly based on an earlier stage play by Voltaire), Semiramide conspires with her lover Assur to murder her husband Nino and place Assur on the throne.
	www.galvestonsymphony.org /composers/Rossini_Semiramide.html (461 words)

	Amazon.com: Rossini: Semiramide: Music: Gioachino Rossini,Richard Bonynge,London Symphony Orchestra,Joan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sutherland's Semiramide is a tad maternal in her character, but the singing makes up for any shortcomings there, while Horne is clearly having the time of her life as the warrior Arsace.
		Joan Sutherland as Semiramide and Marilyn Horne in a "trouser role" as the armed forces captain/long lost son Arsace is an excellent pairing for this opera.
		This is possibly the best Semiramide set to own if you are looking for magnificent, virtuostic Rossini singing from two of the world's great divas of the past.
	www.amazon.com /Rossini-Semiramide-Gioachino/dp/B0000041VQ (1369 words)

	Teatro Regio Torino - Stagione d'Opera - Semiramide
		Semiramide (1822-23) segna il congedo dalla scena napoletana a cui Rossini aveva legato le sue scelte più innovative.
		Il mito di Semiramide si manifesta nella tarda antichità, a partire da Ctesia che fu fonte di Diodoro Siculo e ha sedotto vari tragediografi, tra cui Voltaire, a cui si ispirò il librettista Gaetano Rossi, tenendo presente anche la bella e celebre traduzione di Melchiorre Cesarotti.
		Atto II Assur e Semiramide si affrontano violentemente, rievocando il crimine di cui entrambi sono responsabili e accusandosene l'un l'altro.
	www.teatroregio.torino.it /attivi0304/opere/semiramide.htm (946 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Rossini Opera Collection: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / La Cenerentola / Semiramide (1988-1992) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His Queen, Semiramide (June Anderson), is to name her successor to the throne at the consecration of a new temple to Baal.
		She is in love with young Scythian general Arsace (contralto Marilyn Horne), and intends to name him and claim him as her husband as well.
		Semiramide is presented in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, and appears to be sourced from an HD master.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=8640 (1461 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Bel Canto Zone: Synopsis for Semiramide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At a public ceremony, Semiramide intends to announce the successor to her throne.
		Act II Assur corners Semiramide and during a bitter exchange, the details of their plot are revealed — Assur may have killed Nino, but it was Semiramide who prepared the poison.
		Semiramide hopes Arsace will save her from the consequences of the terrible deed.
	www.operaworld.com /belcanto/semsyn.shtml (537 words)

	Semiramide
		Among her thirty-seven operas "Semiramide " is one in which New Yorkers have not yet heard her; but it is in some respects the most typical of its kind.
		The " Semiramide Quintet " is another one of its claims to lasting fame.
		In a lighter vein is the queen's next proclamation, to the effect that the future king shall also be her husband.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/opera-stars-2.shtml (2332 words)

	At The Opera 25/06/2006: Semiramide
		At a public ceremony, Queen Semiramide of Babylon intends to announce the successor to her throne.
		Oroe, the High priest, proclaims that the murder of Semiramide's husband, King Nino, continues to disturb the gods.
		Assur corners Semiramide and during a bitter exchange, the details of their plot are revealed - Assur might have klled Nino, but it was Semiramide who prepared the poison.
	www.abc.net.au /classic/opera/stories/s1630920.htm (588 words)

	ROSSINI: Semiramide (PAL) recommended cd collection, cd review and cd details.
		ROSSINI: Semiramide (PAL) recommended cd collection, cd review and cd details.
		Semiramide was, as he himself said, "the only one of my Italian operas which I was able to write in peace".
		The Catalan mezzo-soprano Isabella Colbran, whom the composer had married in Naples a year before, sang the title role at the successful premiere in Venice on 3 February 1823, and twenty-eight further performances followed immediately.
	www.naxos.com /catalogue/item.asp?item_code=100222 (110 words)

	Semiramide - Opera
		"Semiramide" is a tragic opera in two acts, the text by Rossi, and the music by Gioachino Antonio Rossini.
		Her son is on the point of stabbing himself when he is prevented by Oroe and Assur is seized by the guards and dragged away to death.
		When it was first presented the public found it " German " in manner and its composer was severely censured.
	www.tribalsmile.com /music/article_113.shtml (811 words)

	Geneva Concerts: RPO Program Notes 12 April 2002
		Like most of Rossini's works, Semiramide was written very quickly‹his contract allowed him forty days to complete the opera, but he finished the job in thirty-three!
		Unlike the majority of his operas, however, Semiramide is thoroughly serious stuff‹the opera was considered almost too dramatic and long-winded by a Venetian audience that was used to lighter opere buffe.
		The legend of the evil Babylonian queen Semiramis was a fertile source of operatic inspiration: In the libretto used by Rossini (which is at least partly based on an earlier stage play by Voltaire), Semiramide conspires with her lover Assur to murder her husband Nino and place Assur on the throne.
	www.genevaconcerts.org /GenevaCts/RPO04-02.asp (1882 words)

	MPR presents Semiramide
		Though not widely told today, the legend of Semiramide was wildly popular in literature, the arts, and the opera up until the 19th century.
		She is a character open to interpretation, variously portrayed as a ruthless warmonger, a sex-crazed despot, and a noble and capable ruler who expanded the Assyrian empire and built great cities such as Babylon.
		Portions of this summary excerpted from the Minnesota Opera's Semiramide program.
	music.minnesota.publicradio.org /programs/opera/semiramide/index.shtml (213 words)

	TIME.com: La Stupenda -- Dec. 28, 1962 -- Page 1
		For years after its debut in 1823 Semiramide was considered Rossini's crowning triumph.
		Written at fever pitch in just 33 days, it shines with bel canto flourishes-fluid melodies, runs, cadenzas, arpeggios—and a soprano role that is one of the most difficult in all opera.
		Her characterization of Semiramide was marred only by her old trouble in pronouncing Italian—she could not be understood.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,827952,00.html (640 words)

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