SEMIRAMIDE A LA FENICE-21/01/2020
The fearsome queen of Babylonia, Semiramide, has the king, her husband, murdered, in order to rule with a free hand. Not wanting to remain single, she chooses a new husband: the lucky man being the young hero Arsace. In love, Semiramide realises Arsace is her son, whom everyone believed dead...
Music: Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Gaetano Rossi
Musical direction: Riccardo Frizza
Stage direction: Cecilia Ligorio
Choirmaster: Claudio Marino Moretti
By the orchestra and choir of the Teatro La Fenice
Cast: Jessica Pratt (Semiramide), Teresa Iervolino (Arsace), Alex Esposito (Assur), Enea Scala (Idreno), Simon Lin (Oroe), Marta Mari (Azema), Enrico Iviglia (Mitrane), Francesco Milanese (Nino's ghost)
Directed by: Stéphane Vérité (France, 2018)