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In a world of politics, lust, violence and murder, Queen Semiramide rules over Babylon - a broken society in which the desires and cravings of the elite are destroyed by their own intrigues and machinations. It's a world waiting to be punished. Having murdered her husband, Semiramide seized power with her lover Assur. Meanwhile Arsace, the son Semiramide thought was dead, returns to court as a young soldier. As Semiramide falls in love with her own son, the ghost of his murdered father, King Nino, warns that crimes must be avenged. With echoes of Oedipus, Phaedra, Hamlet and Macbeth, Semiramide is Shakespearean in its atmosphere. Rossini's use of the chorus is masterful and evocative of classical Greek drama, propelling the action as the tragedy unfolds.

Creatives/Company

Music: Rossini
Lyrics: Gaetano Rossi (after Semiramis by Voltaire)

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Archive listings for Semiramide (2017)

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T0456617704

Sung in Italian with English surtitlesProducer Royal Opera House. Producer Bavarian State Opera. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Director David Alden. Design Paul Steinberg. Costume Buki Shiff. Lighting Michael Bauer. Design Robert Pflanz (video). Choreographer Beate Vollack. Company Royal Opera Chorus. Company Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Performer Joyce DiDonato (Semiramide). Performer Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Assur). Performer Daniela Barcellona (Arsace). Performer Lawrence Brownlee (Idreno). Performer Jacquelyn Stucker (Azema). Performer Balint Szabo (Oroe). Performer Konu Kim (Mitrane). Performer Simon Shibambu (Nino's Ghost).

19 Nov 17 to 16 Dec 17

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L134775507

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