1) Italian-language opera 2) Opera based on play 3) Opera by Gioachino Rossini
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Semiramide (semiˈraːmide) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire`s tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Babylon. The opera was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 3 February 1823. Semiramide was Rossini`s final Italian opera and according to Ric.....
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[Mysliveček] Semiramide is an 18th-century Italian opera in 3 acts by the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček. It was composed to a libretto by the Italian poet Metastasio that was first set to music in 1729. For a performance in the 1760s, it would only be expected that a libretto by Metastasio would be abbreviated and altered to suit contem...
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(from the article `Rossini, Gioachino`) ...anxious to meet Ludwig van Beethoven. Disappointed by the economic situation of the composer of Fidelio, he returned to Venice, where he attempted ...
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