This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance-its first in nearly 25 years-with Maurizio Benini on the podium. The all-star Bel Canto cast features Angela Meade in the title ...
TRANSCRIPT Meet Semiramide, legendary queen of Babylon, where murder, intrigue and unholy secrets reign supreme. But who angered the gods? Starring Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Ildar Abdrazakov, ...
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NEW YORK (AP) - When Elizabeth DeShong comes onstage and sings her bravura opening aria in Rossini’s “Semiramide,” audiences at the Metropolitan Opera may be scratching their heads trying to recall ...
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Concert opera companies often end up specializing in a form of opera akin to an athletic event: The focus is turned from the drama onto the physical feat of producing the sound. The Washington Concert ...
The life and exploits of Semiramis, the legendary queen of Assyria from the 9th century BC, seems to have held a peculiar fascination for 17th and 18th-century opera composers and librettists. The ...
Scholarly opinion informs me that Semiramide is one of Rossini’s crowning achievements – his farewell to Italian opera, based on a tragedy by Voltaire, with a title role designed to show off the ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Put on an opera about regime change and there is always likely to be some topical reference to hand. The imminent ...