Semiramide [videorecording] / [music] by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Gaetano Rossi ; production, John Copley ; video director, Brian Large ; [a coproduction of the Metropolitan Opera and NHK Enterprises].
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Image Entertainment, Distributed by Image Entertainment,
Originally broadcast October 16, 1991 in the Live from the Met television series on PBS. Presented in a 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio enhanced for 16:9 televisions. June Anderson (Semiramide) ; Marilyn Horne (Arsace) ; Stanford Olsen (Idreno) ; Samuel Ramey (Assur) ; Young Ok Shin (Azema) ; John Cheek (Oroe) ; Michael Forest (Mitrane) ; Jeffrey Wells (ghost of Ninus) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Keenan, chorus master ; James Conlon, conductor. Recorded live December 22, 1990 at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, New York City.
Summary:
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon and her lover murder the King. She later falls in love with a man who turns out to be her son Arsace. She receives a mortal blow that Arsace intends for her lover.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)45613513
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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