Semiramide
By: Rossini ; [libretto, Gaetano Rossi]
Contributors: Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855, librettist; Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010, performer; Horne, Marilyn, performer; Serge, John, performer; Rouleau, Joseph, performer; Malas, Spiro, performer; Bonynge, Richard, conductor; Voltaire, 1694-1778; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
Series: Classic opera; Classic opera
Publisher: Decca
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [London]
Language: ita
Format: [sound recording] /
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Drama; Operas
Notes: Decca: 475 7918 (475 7919--475 7921).

Based on Voltaire's Sémiramis.

Compact discs.

Synopsis in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and libretto with English translation (58 p.) inserted in container.

Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Marilyn Horne, contralto ; John Serge, tenor ; Joseph Rouleau, Spiro Malas, basses ; with supporting singers ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor.

Recorded Walthamstow Town Hall, Dec. 1965-Jan. 1966.

Sung in Italian.
Table of contents: title: CD1. Sinfonia ; Act I (start) (52:30); title: CD2. Act I (end) (42:11); title: CD3. Act 2 (73:34).