NEW YORK—Gioachino Rossini’s 1823 opera “Semiramide” was highly popular in its day, but in the past century, performances have been few and far between. One reason may be that it is difficult to find ...

The opera "Semiramide." The final Italian opera composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1823, and one of his greatest masterpieces.

Just as we lavish praise upon the Metropolitan Opera for truly superior work, such as the splendid music drama that is in their current production of Wagner’s Parsifal, we need to admit that on a less ...

Concert opera companies often end up specializing in a form of opera akin to an athletic event: The focus is turned from the drama onto the physical feat of producing the sound. The Washington Concert ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. After 25 years, the Metropolitan Opera has revived John Copley’s production of Rossini’s last and most ...

Outstanding performances by Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Daniela Barcellona illuminate David Alden’s occasionally cluttered vision of this Rossini rarity Rossini’s great 1823 tragedy, his ...

In fact much of Rossini’s repertoire, both comic and tragic, fell out of favour worldwide from about the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, partly as a disappearance of such star lead sopranos ...

Against the backdrop of the Hanging Gardens Semiramide Queen of Babylon defies bad omens and supernatural threats in her quest to find a worthy successor to her late husband But she harbours more than ...

A majestic Joyce DiDonato leads a stunning performance of rare Rossini, while Nico Muhly makes Marnie sing. Plus, a memorable Stockhausen sign-off An amoral queen with a murdered husband, a stale ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Put on an opera about regime change and there is always likely to be some topical reference to hand. The imminent ...

Indeed, this is its first appearance at Covent Garden for more than a century, but the Opera House has assembled a superb cast of singers for David Alden’s new production who truly bring out the ...

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