| Description |
1 videodisc (220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, Dolby digital 5.1 surround or stereo. |
| Performer |
June Anderson (Semiramide) ; Marilyn Horne (Arsace) ; Stanford Olsen (Idreno) ; Samuel Ramey (Assur) ; Young Ok Shin (Azema) ; John Cheek (Oroe) ; Michael Forest (Mitrane) ; Jeffrey Wells (ghost of Ninus) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; John Keenan, chorus master ; James Conlon, conductor. |
| Credits |
Set design, John Conklin ; costume design, Michael Stennett ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler ; executive producers, Peter Gelb, Michio Takemori ; audio director, Jay David Saks. |
| Event |
Recorded live December 22, 1990 at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, New York City. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast October 16, 1991 in the Live from the Met television series on PBS. |
| Summary |
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon, and her lover murder the King. She later falls in love with a man who turns out to be her son Arsace. She receives a mortal blow that Arsace intends for her lover. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Rossi, Gaetano, 1774-1855. Librettist.
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Copley, John, 1933- Director.
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Large, Brian. Director.
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Anderson, June, 1952- voc
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Horne, Marilyn. voc
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Olsen, Stanford. voc
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Ramey, Samuel. voc
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Shin, Young Ok. voc
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Cheek, John, 1948- voc
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Forest, Michael. voc
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Wells, Jeffrey. voc
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Conlon, James, 1950- Conductor.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Semiramide.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer. Producer.
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NHK Entāpuraizu. Producer.
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Reiner Moritz Associates. Publisher.
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Image Entertainment (Firm) Distributor.
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| Standard No. |
014381579321 |
| Music No. |
ID5793RADVD Image Entertainment |
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