Gioachino Rossini - Semiramide (Frizza/ Ligorio)

Teatro La Fenice - Stagione 2017/ 2018
Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide
nel centocinquantesimo anniversario della morte
CAST
Semiramide Jessica Pratt
Arsace Teresa Iervolino
Assur Alex Esposito
Idreno Enea Scala
Azema Marta Mari
Oroe Simon Lim
Mitrane Enrico Iviglia
L’ombra di Nino Francesco Milanese
Direttore Riccardo Frizza
regia Cecilia Ligorio
scene Nicolas Bovey
costumi Marco Piemontese
light designer Fabio Barettin
movimenti coreografici e ballerina Daisy Ransom Phillips
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice
maestro del Coro Claudio Marino Moretti
ballerine Olivia Hansson, Elia Lopez Gonzalez, Marika Meoli, Sau-Ching Wong
riprese video Oxymore production
Consulta il libretto
www.teatrolafenice.it/libretti/

[@milverineh3267]

Rossini reached the height of civilivation with this still stunning opera.

[@alvarogarciabarbosa3199]

Rossini y el "Bel canto" un gran sinónimo conjuntamente con Bellini y Donizetti. Esas florituras son adorables, encantadoras. Grandioso Rossini!!

[@jamesbeckman9364]

I had not listened to Rossini for a long while, but this reminds us again of his greatness. Bravo!

[@specialforces4947]

Very good. A much underrated Rossini opera.

[@elaineduncan1929]

My favorite Rossini opera....done here in its entirety, with a stellar cast. Absolutely glorious fioritura. Outstanding! Bravi tutti quanti!

[@leonardomauretti6742]

Bellissima produzione di Semiramide alla Fenice, che è poi il SUO Teatro. Bene tutto, cantanti, orchestra, direttore, messa in scena e regia. Grazie per averla condivisa. Un plauso particolare a Teresa Iervolino.

[@bartvanderkerken3647]

Many thanks for posting this! Bravo Rossini, what a delight, what an heritage!

[@dougebraga]

Oh My God!! What a wonderful production! Phenomenal performances by Jessica Pratt and the entire cast! This is one of the most remarkable and unforgetable recordings of this Rossini opera which I love so much!

[@szegedification]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful production.

[@jamarqanda]

Tuve el acierto de ir a una de estas funciones, en la siempre maravillosa Venecia. En una de las salas del teatro estaba expuesto el manuscrito original de la obra, recientemente restaurado. Fue una función brillante, la puesta en escena luce mucho más en directo que en esta grabación. Iervolino soberbia. Los otros tres sobresalientes. Cuatro horas que pasaron en un suspiro. Una noche memorable.

[@marcelgagnon5748]

J'ose espérer que le confinement a aidé pour affronter une telle oeuvre! Merci pour les sous-titres.

[@georgeionita7307]

No matter what critics can be brought we must enjoy this production . IT îs a difficult performance for artists and I am sure they do their Best .

[@mariemadeleinerouffanchega7387]

Magnifique ce duo, magique Merci,

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

This recording gives me memoryes from my first consert sitting in an orchestra. I think this is very beautyfull played of the orchestra of La Venice. Very good oboe-clar-basson-all of them…

[@theoperatripleaxel5417]

ARSACE SCENES: I ATO: 41:39 - Recitativo - Eccomi Alfine - Sozinho. 47:31 - Cavatina - Ah Quel Giorno - Sozinho (Best and hardest aria in the opera). 53:38 - Recitativo - Ministri - Arsace & Oroe. 56:09 - Recitativo - "É Dunque Vero?" - Arsace & Assur. 58:02 - Dueto - "Bella Imago" - Arsace & Asssur. 1:30:15 - Recitativo - Nè Viene Ancor - Arsace, Semiramide & Mitrane. 1:34:39 - Dueto - Serbami Ognor - Semiramidi & Arsace . 1:51:32 - Quinteto - Qual Mesto Gemito - Todos. II ATO: 2:36:00 - Recitativo - Ebben, Compiasi Omai - Arsace e Oroe. 2:38:43 - Aria Com Coro - In Si Barbara Sciaura - Sozinho. 2:58:29 - Recitativo - Non, Non ti Lascio - Semiramide & Arsace. 3:01:53 - Dueto - Giorno D'orrore - 318/343 - Arsace & Semiramidi. 3:38:18 - Recitativo - Qual Densa Notte - Arsace, Oroe & Assur. 3:44:31 - Recitativo - Dei! Qual Sospiro! - Arsace, Assur & Semiramide. 3:44:54 - Tercetto - L'usato Ardir - Semiramide, Arsace & Assur. 3:47:25 - Recitativo - Ninia Ferisci - Pag 395/397 - Todos.

[@pawelpap9]

I am new to this opera and this production. What’s so special about Arsace?

[@esteban_iribarne]

@@pawelpap9 That’s a very difficult role for contraltos or mezzo-sopranos…

[@ronronizetti2534]

@@esteban_iribarne As this shows... I didn't find the mezzo here up to the bel canto task. Probably the best music is allotted her character, but she didnt rise to its level

[@RichardTaylor1630]

The aria beginning at 50:38 is a total delight; color, agility, joy and controlled speed - a tour de force! Brava, Teresa Iervolino!

[@essecampinsoler]

Un periodo

[@myrabyanka5442]

Music great. Staging sucks.

[@esteban_iribarne]

that’s the cabaletta of the aria, but not the whole aria

[@rodolfozinelli298]

Serata meravigliosa con bravissimi interpreti. Eccellente Teresa Iervolino, vera voce di contralto rossiniano. il giorno dopo acqua altissima a Venezia e bufera Vaja sulle mie montagne. Sublime artistico e naturale!

[@giovannimariotti3249]

Bellissima.... Grazie.

[@mugrad25]

The mezzo is so 😍😍😍😍

[@CarlavanRaay]

What a treat! Marvellous to see and hear. I am so grateful to those who publish such great music on the internet.

[@antoineginettelanteribouve6470]

Quand le covid aura tout tué ce que j’aime il me restera cette musique 🦯🦯

[@antoineginettelanteribouve6470]

Oui on j’crois

[@emiliaenache9444]

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[@BellaFirenze]

Grazie mille!

[@xaixaijoaobeloxaixaijoaobe764]

Simplesmente FABULOSO!

[@temporosac5058]

GRAZIE MILLE

[@aspasiagravanis1724]

Bravo 👏 it’s awesome thank you I enjoy watching beautiful preformed excellent awesome voice’s thank you for sharing!!!!!! Beautiful people. Wow.

[@juanmarinesparcia734]

Una preciosidad y magnifica toma de sonido

[@rowtheboat9]

Bravo!!! Great Production sound and visually thanks for uploading

[@pilou09100]

Du grand Rossini. Bravissimo !

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The wonderfulness of this footage is out of this world The depths of my emotion is immeasurable

[@isabelcardoso5749]

Excelente!

[@mariucciadifilippo6676]

Grazie

[@clarahayes9793]

Radiant! Bravi tutti! 🌞. Agree with most of the comments so far.

[@violetta47]

Absolutely beautiful

[@rodrigogalliano4609]

BRAVOOOO

[@silviamirtarobiglio3828]

Me encantó esta ópera, Felicitaciones!!!!. Gracias por compartirla. Saludos desde Buenos Aires

[@giuseppeabbate5816]

Da Buenos Aires un saluto a Silvia

[@LeoFall1]

Absolut fantastisch. Danke für diesen Hochgenuss 😘😘

[@chmuenchDD]

Bravissimi Alex Esposito e Jessica Pratt, anche gli altri contribuiscono a questa impressionante esecuzione.

[@mariarosabortolan3094]

Meravigliosa...

[@gazellesdessables1633]

BONJOUR UN sublime opéra et une magnifique production NAMASTE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@josef.ventura2927]

¡Una excelente presentación!

[@AnnaMaria-vc5pq]

Grazie mille! spettacolo superbo che gioia!!

[@ArmandaFilipine]

Bravi! Auguri!

[@EBabarykin]

Bravo!

[@giuliofazzi6017]

Bellissimo

[@fbbomber]

Grazie, una grande edizione con la magnifica Jessica, un grandioso enea scala e un bravissimo esposito👏👏👏👌💖💖💖💖

[@celinaturek7154]

Hello from Poland 🎼🌏🇵🇱❤

[@mirjamdevries9376]

Splendide ed elettrizzanti Pratt e Iervolino : mi sono piaciute tantissimo😍🌈. La scenografia invece l'ho trovata di cattivo gusto.

[@EBabarykin]

Divine!

[@MShen-ne2hy]

P

[@marziaiori6893]

grazie per averlo condiviso

[@mimikrya8794]

Golden performance of grandiose opera. Bravo!

[@ljubisajovasevic8094]

very good presentation, he is my favorite ...

[@robertlambeaux897]

Belle mise en scène , moderne sans excès . Superbe nterprétation . ET film plutôt bien réussi . Bravissimo!

[@jean-romainsales6623]

Merci

[@marijuanadispensarystore5572]

The power is not a Power, the Powers are yours to master.

[@terrk6338]

ms Iervolino is everything to me

[@robertsentieys6234]

ENEA SCALA 🌺💖 !!!!!!

[@enthusedtosing9655]

Che bella produzione !

[@LaDivinaLover]

This production is actually nice to look at. Why is that such a rarity these days?

[@jamesgibson2179]

LaDivinaLover Because modernist theatre designers are Marxist and Constructivist oafs trying to make things relevant. I’m also sick of them; they spoil everything.

[@nicolasjuandecardenas7921]

@@jamesgibson2179 My only complain, in the opening scene the chorus looks like a bunch of chefs. But good production.

[@JorgeAl]

James Gibson so true, they have destroyed opera of today

[@JorgeAl]

Because the title role is very very demanding and most prima donnas nowadays are not good enough despite the promotional efforts

[@RichardTaylor1630]

Also the duets at 1:38:58 and 2:21:50.

[@richardmolinier286]

Superbe représentation de Semiramide. Un opéra trop peu joué car la partition musicale est "dantesque". Peu de chanteurs osent l'affronter et l'on comprend pourquoi ! Bravo, bravo, bravo.

[@armillanomarco6355]

Iñiziaĺmeen5te e grañďiòsaa

[@pedrogarciagonzalez-anleo274]

Preciosa overtura

[@hvosouq]

Colossal, Magnificent, 'voluptuous'...😎

[@robwilde855]

If you like your women on the hefty side, Assyria three thousand years ago was the place to be! Seriously, though, this is a really fabulous performance of an outstanding opera. Thank you.

[@archiereece3229]

love those jugs

[@chmuenchDD]

grande produzione di quest'opera raramente vista in scena. Una bella sorpresa per me: Alex Esposito e Teresa Iervolino nel duetto (58.06 ff.)

[@m090252]

Vi

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

Did Maestro Frizza use Rossini's critical edition of the score?

[@chmuenchDD]

@@edwardamosbrandwein3583 Sorry, I don't know.

[@riccardofrizza7872]

@@edwardamosbrandwein3583 yes, There are not other editions

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@riccardofrizza7872 Thx maestro. I said this because for decades (prior to Phillip Gossett's 1992 critical edition) the opera was not performed uncut and as originally written (Sutherland's studio recording attests to this)

[@marinascala7717]

meravigliosa opera

[@albertosari2002]

Un'antidipazione straordinaria di quell'atmosfera melodrammatica che verrà dopo con Verdi

[@toinsola]

Lovely

[@podkowalesna]

Ms Iervolino is a sensation!

[@carolinamere3590]

La exigencia vocal de esta partitura raya en la tortura para los interpretes solistas .

[@rossini9mozart10]

Thanks you for French substitles !

[@abdullahsener4899]

Bravo

[@giovannacuttica9227]

Son qua 👍👏‼️Plaudente

[@will8026]

Apparently people hired as singers are now allowed to just fit the coloratura in at their vocal convenience, no matter where the notes fall in a particular tempo, or just leave out the notes if it worries them.......got it.

[@marinascala7717]

Enea Scala, je t'adore

[@recar934]

¡Por favor! ¿Cómo interrumpen una clase de ópera como ésta, con unos comerciales? ¡NO HAY DERECHO!

[@kallekasper7297]

Il terzo di sèguito lavoro òttimo di maestro Frizza, che ho sento recentemente: "Aida" al Teatro La Fenice, "I Pirata" al Teatro alla Scala, e "Semiramide" adesso. Lui sta alla fila prima degli direttori italiani e quindi mondiali. Il cast buono, soprattutto Signore/Signori Iervolino e Esposito. Ma, ahimè, la Signora Pratt, la cantante eccellenta, ha i grandi problemi con la voce. Paragonate la in "Convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali" (La Scala, 2009), e adesso in "Semiramide". La sua voce qui - come l'uccello ferito. Ma lei era molto suggestiva alle ambedue finale. Il allestimento anche non pessimo, mi piace l'immagìne di Nino, quello è la scena diffìcilissima per ogni regista. Penso, che Rossini sarèbbe contento.

[@sentagustafsson7204]

concordo in pieno su tutto.

[@jorgevergarabieberbach3679]

Jessica Pratt es estupenda ....sin duda fiel exponente actual del Bel Canto

[@16toulousse]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@esteban_iribarne]

Une mise en scène et un décor exceptionnels, des interprètes spectaculaires, particulièrement chez Pratt et Iervolino, pour servir un opéra d’une rareté appréciable et d’une grande beauté.

[@user-dl4nd7xx8k]

❤

[@isidorovilleda3642]

SIMPLEMENTE BELLÍSIMA Y MARAILLOS PUESTA EN ESCENA

[@Fuliginosus]

This is an impressive production, but what was Rossini thinking when he wrote an opera nearly four hours long?

[@RichardTaylor1630]

He was thinking of those of us who like to work while listening to this glorious music, and can't get enough of it.

[@virginiawai8485]

In Rossini’s days, there was not much diversions. No malls, cinemas, internet, social media, tv etc etc. the leisured class had plenty of time.

[@kallekasper7297]

@@virginiawai8485 And that was good. The golden age!

[@isthisshit4real]

@@RichardTaylor1630 - Omg. It's 4:45 in the morning and I don't want to turn it of it's so beautiful!!

[@isthisshit4real]

@@virginiawai8485 - Lol!! I thought the conductor was Rossini until I looked up a synopsis on Wiki and checked, tried to get a pic of him. Lmao!! That makes more sense. If Rossini was that popular of a conductor, I would've heard of him, I'm a musician and a HUGE fan of classical music. From Mozart to John Williams.

[@commiraid8545]

Brilliant!

[@kaloarepo288]

Semiramide is a very long opera -reminds of the anecdote about the wife who dragged her reluctant husband to an opera performance and the opera was "Semiramide" - after the 3 and a half long performance or such was over the husband declared - " if this was a SEMI ramide I'd hate the have to sit through the WHOLE thing!

[@CarlaGarciaOficial1]

bravo!

[@rolandoborchi6870]

Tutti grandi, ma Alex Esposito addirittura fantastico, l'unico che in questo ruolo che non mi ha fatto rimpiangere Samuel Ramey

[@karilamminpaa8987]

Also - and maybe most commonly - Gioacchino. But, as the story goes, that is how he himself wrote his name.

[@TheReclusiveTenor]

Was the High E in Bel raggio an expression of the big O because of all the hunky men cavorting around her?

[@yuhyunhwang3281]

1:23:35

[@wilsonwatt9283]

For whatever reason, the Arsace swallows her voice in many passages rather than keeping the tone clear and forward. She clearly has the range and technical capacity but if she keeps forcing the voice down into her throat she will not last long. Compare this to Pratt's perfectly placed, forward resonant singing to hear the technical issue involved handled correctly.

[@eduardomiracle4828]

Opera e Interpretación Fuera de Serie, pero se agradecería que los Subtítulos estuvieran en Italiano. Viva la Opera Italiana🎉❤🌹💥

[@bronxbearbud272]

Wow -- I can't wait to sink my teeth into this later tonight, looks like it's going to be fabulous

[@giusepperecchia1049]

brava la soprano, voce da lirica, co un do leggero ma non trascurabile Joanna Wos e' voce possente dovrebbe ascoltarla e cantare con voce possente

[@carminemonaco1]

Trovo questa edizione non esaltante.

[@partituravid]

Pratt's coloratura used to be much more fluid....

[@annalombardi2735]

Fantastica Pratt

[@aurelianocongiu7002]

fate uscire anche il DVD/Bluray

[@Passione2024]

curious to ask..why the subtitle is French? thx

[@johnlawrence2757]

Fotan Heaku why not?

[@christophecesar4761]

Because it's better like that ;-)

[@pawelpap9]

Because these productions are financed by French TV. By the same token it also explains why there are no English subtitles.

[@fiorenzointagliata3252]

50.00 aria di Arsace

[@essecampinsoler]

modo

[@jakeranaudo3006]

2:50:32 - La speranza più soave

[@archiereece3229]

2:22:54 that grab though

[@archiereece3229]

she has some big ol jugs