#semiramide

[garland-on-thy-brow]

Good news - Arsace transitioned.

I hope this wall drawing is not prefiguring any bad news at all.

[doyouknowthisopera]

Do you know Semiramide (1823) by Gioachino Rossini?

Yes, I've watched/listened to it in full

Yes, I've watched/listened to parts of it

No, I haven't watched/listened to it

No, I've never heard of it

Voting ended onNov 27, 2023

[parmandil]

Joyce DiDonato and Daniela Barcellona in Semiramide. Royal Opera House, 2017. (Photo: Bill Cooper)

[dolenteimmagine]

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Gioacchino Rossini, Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier

Marcella Sembrich, Soprano Walter B. Rogers, Conductor 1908

[hadescavedish]

This is a recit-aria-aria singing scene of the breeches role Arsace (aka the role is a dude but it normally would be sung by a woman) in Rossini's opera Semiramide. This is just so hard to do. The damn piece is just so complicated. And she did it in a very... technically androgynous touch (which is rare to come by and also you should account the fact the breeches role may or may not have been a substitute for castrato role history wise)

I really enjoy Rossini's repertoire, they're very difficult to perform but they're generally enjoyable to listen when you feel down... Even in his tragedy (which is this show!)

[opera-ghosts]

February 3. 1823 the Opera „Semiramide“ from Gioachino Rossini premiered in Teatro La Fenice with Isabella Colbran (1784-1845). Rossini write this Opera for her. She was the first wife from him. Take a closer look on the biography of this great spanish Soprano.

On this postcard we see her on a great painting.

[joansutherlandfan]

Remembering one of the creators of the Bel Canto school singing, the Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (29 Feb 1792 - 13 Nov 1868).

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Here Joan gives life to the Queen of Babylonia - Semiramide.

[pandemoniumaesthetic]

Once the presentations have been made, I’m going to invite you to look at the extremely uncomfortable posture of Her Highness Semiramide, protagonist of the tragedy of maestro Rossini. Although the feeling of abandonment and languor is enviable, the damn step of Nino's tombstone is going to cause our queen a tremendously uncomfortable death.

Semiramide muore sulla tomba di Nino, 1893

Augusto Valli (1867 - 1945)

Oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm

Museo Civico di Modena 

(I’d like to add the official link but the museum’s website is under construction so you’ll have to trust my google sources)