"The history of a people is found in its songs."
AUTHOR: George Jellinek
"Man leaves behind his history through art.”
COMPOSER
ROSSINI
OVERTURE
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SEMIRAMIDE
OVERTURE
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Wiener Philarmoniker
SEMIRAMIDE
Full Opera
Paul Zizich, Conductor
Henry Lewis, Director
Pier Luigi Pizzi, Choir Director
Vittorio Siguri Orchestra
Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice
Full Opera
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| Giulia Grisi in Semiramis |
Henry Lewis, Director
Pier Luigi Pizzi, Choir Director
Vittorio Siguri Orchestra
Chorus of the Teatro La Fenice
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François-Marie Arouet,
or Voltaire
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tragedy Semiramis,
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| Voltaire reading his tragedy Semiramis to King Stanislas of Poland |
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| Giovanni Boccaccio: Semiramis (detail of a miniature from De Claris Mulieribus). 15th C |
noted for her beauty and
wisdom. She was reputed to
have conquered many lands and
wisdom. She was reputed to
have conquered many lands and
founded the city of Babylon.
After a long and prosperous reign
she vanished from earth in the
shape of a dove
and was thereafter worshiped
as a deity, acquiring many
of the characteristis of
the goddess Ishtar.
she vanished from earth in the
shape of a dove
and was thereafter worshiped
as a deity, acquiring many
of the characteristis of
the goddess Ishtar.
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