Semiramide / Gioachino Rossini
- Published
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2018]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 video file (3 hr., 22 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color
- Additional Creators
- Meade, Angela, DeShong, Elizabeth, Camarena, Javier, Abdrazakov, Ilʹdar, 1976-, Benini, Maurizio, Copley, John, 1933-, Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, and Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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- Language Note
- Sung in Italian; English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Swedish subtitles.
- Contents
- Opening credits -- Introduction by Christopher Maltman -- Sinfonia -- Sì... Gran Nume... t'intesi -- Là dal Gange a te primiero -- Di plausi qual clamor giulivo echeggia -- Di tanti regi popoli -- Regina, all'ara -- Eccomi alfine in Babilonia -- Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento -- Oh! come da quel dì tutto -- Ministri, al gran Pontefice -- Bella immago degli Dei -- D'un tenero amore -- Io tremar? di te? -- Oh me felice! -- Ah! Dov'è il cimento? -- Serena i vaghi rai...Bel raggio lusinghier -- Dolce pensiero -- Ma chi vegg'io? -- Serbami ognor sì fido il cor -- Ergi omai la fronte altera -- I vostri voti omai -- L'alt Eroe -- Qual mesto gemito -- D'un Semidio che adoro -- Ah! Sconvolta nell'ordine eterno -- Introduction to Act II by Christopher Maltman -- Assur I cenni miei -- Se la vita ancor t'è cara -- Quella ricordati -- Ma, implacabile di Nino -- Coro, Scena, e aria Arscae -- Ebben, compiasi omai -- In sì barbara sciagura -- Tutto perdi -- La Speranza più soave-- Tu mia sposa -- No... non ti lascio -- Ebben... a te, ferisci -- Giorno d'orror!... -- Madre addio -- Il dì già cade...Ah! la sorte ci tradì -- Deh! ti ferma -- Ah! Signore! -- Que'Numi furenti -- Qual densa notte! -- Al mio pregar t'arrendi -- L'usato ardir -- Ninia, fersci! -- Bows and closing credits -- Backstage at the Met with host Christopher Maltman. Interview with Angela Meade ; Interview with Ryan Speedo Green ; Interview with Elisabeth DeShong and Ildar Abdrazakov ; Interview with Javier Camarena.
- Summary
- A rarely performed bel canto gem, Rossini's Semiramide returned to the Met for the first time in nearly 25 years during the 2017-18 season. Set in ancient Babylon under the reign of the mythic Queen Semiramis, the opera features political scheming, mistaken identity, divine intervention, and bloodthirsty revenge--not to mention one virtuosic vocal display after another. Soprano Angela Meade is the fierce title monarch, whose quest for power comes to a halt with the discovery that the object of her affection, the warrior Arsace--sung by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong--may actually be her long-lost son. Together, the two square off in a pair of dazzling duets and deliver some of the opera's most challenging arias, including Semiramide's famous "Bel raggio lusinghier." Bel canto specialist Maurizio Benini takes the podium to lead a cast that also stars tenor Javier Camarena as the ardent prince Idreno, bass Ildar Abdrazakov as the scheming Assur, and bass Ryan Speedo Green as the stern high priest Oroe.
- Subject(s)
- Duration
- ["03:22:04"]
- Sound Characteristics
- digital
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file streaming video file
- Form of work
- Opera
- Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director, John Copley.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Angela Meade, Elizabeth DeShong, Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Maurizio Benini, conductor.
- Data/Place of Event
- Recorded live 2018 the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Technical Details
- Wide screen.
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