Rossini: Semiramide
Joan Sutherland (Semiramide), Marilyn Horne (Arsace), John Serge, Joseph Rouleau, Spiro Malas, Patricia Clark, Leslie Fyson & Michael Langdon
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
This is simply one of the great opera recordings in the catalogue...In Sutherland's interpretation, Semiramide is not so much a Lady Macbeth as a passionate, sympathetic woman...Horne is well...
Rossini: Semiramide
Joan Sutherland (Semiramide), Marilyn Horne (Arsace), John Serge, Joseph Rouleau, Spiro Malas, Patricia Clark, Leslie Fyson & Michael Langdon
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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This is simply one of the great opera recordings in the catalogue...In Sutherland's interpretation, Semiramide is not so much a Lady Macbeth as a passionate, sympathetic woman...Horne is well...
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Contents and tracklist
- Spiro Malas (bass), John Serge (tenor), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Leslie Fyson (baritone), Patricia Clarke (soprano), Michael Langdon (bass)
- London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1965-12-28
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
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Awards and reviews
2011 edition
This is simply one of the great opera recordings in the catalogue...In Sutherland's interpretation, Semiramide is not so much a Lady Macbeth as a passionate, sympathetic woman...Horne is well contrasted, direct and masculine in style...and Bonynge keeps the whole opera together with his alert, rhythmic control of tension and pacing. Vintage Decca sound is the icing on the cake.
May 2014
A real classic, this...Sutherland is regal and dazzling as the Babylonian queen who falls in love with her own estranged son, sung here with mesmerising authority and clarity by Sutherland's frequent sparring-partner Marilyn Horne.
