Composer: |
Gioachino Rossini |
Music title: |
Semiramide (1823) |
Librettist: |
Gaetano Rossi |
Work definition: |
Melodramma tragico in two acts |
After: |
After the play 'Sémiramis' by Voltaire |
Language: |
Italian |
World premiere: |
3 February 1823, Teatro La Fenice, Venice |
ROH premiere: |
1 October 1842, Charles Kemble Opera Company |
ROH company premiere: |
9 April 1986, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |