Rossini's Semiramide

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Voltaire's_Semiramis
gptkbp:catalogueNumber Rossini RV 6
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Gioachino_Rossini
gptkbp:duration about 3 hours
gptkbp:firstUKPerformance 1824, London
gptkbp:firstUSPerformance 1845, New Orleans
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance marks end of Italian period for Rossini
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rossini's Semiramide
gptkbp:influenced influenced later bel canto operas
gptkbp:language gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:lastItalianOperaByRossini true
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Gaetano_Rossi
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Arsace
gptkb:Idreno
gptkb:Oroe
gptkb:Assur
gptkb:Semiramide
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Bel_raggio_lusinghier
In si barbara sciagura
Deh! ti ferma
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Alberto_Zedda
gptkb:Richard_Bonynge
gptkb:Claudio_Scimone
gptkbp:notableDuet Serbami ognor
gptkbp:notableFeature complex ensembles
virtuosic vocal writing
grand overture
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Joan_Sutherland_(1965)
gptkb:June_Anderson_(1990)
gptkb:Marilyn_Horne_(1965)
gptkb:Dame_Montserrat_Caballé_(1974)
gptkbp:notableRole gptkb:Arsace_(mezzo-soprano)
gptkb:Assur_(bass-baritone)
gptkb:Idreno_(tenor)
gptkb:Oroe_(bass)
gptkb:Semiramide_(soprano)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 2
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra with winds, brass, percussion, strings
gptkbp:period antiquity
gptkbp:premiereDate 1823-02-03
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:La_Fenice,_Venice
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1990
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_2018
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Babylon
gptkbp:structure overture, two acts
gptkbp:style bel canto
gptkbp:subject Semiramis, legendary queen of Babylon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Casa_Ricordi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6