Semiramide review – Rossini sounds sublime in Alden’s eccentric staging

Royal Opera House, London Outstanding performances by Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Daniela Barcellona illuminate David Alden’s occasionally cluttered vision of this Rossini rarityRossini’s great 1823 tragedy, his last work composed for Italy before he based himself in Paris, was deemed a masterpiece in the 19th century, but fell … Read entire story.

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