Talk:Semiramide


 * The libretto was written by Rossi

Is this a typo, or was there really a librettist named Rossi?

-- Ventura 18:39, 2004 Oct 25 (UTC)


 * It's not a typo. As soon as I can, I'll add a brief article about this librettist. --Jdiazch 09:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

More recordings are out there than referenced
DG has a recording with la Studer and Larmore (I think?), and there is a new Nightingale recording with Gruberova.

Davetomala 16:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)davetomala 30-SEP-2007

I saw this list after adding the Nightingale recording on the main page. I don't know about the DG recording.Janie1232 23:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Not the Only Semiramide
There were other operas titled Semiramide written throughout history, including before Rossini. Shouldn't the earliest-known one be the default? I find not a mention of Salieri's here, which I find odd at least. Smyslov (talk) 14:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Generally, the most well-known one is the default, and in this case the most well-known one is Rossini's. There could certainly be passing mention of previous Semiramide operas here, mostly based on a libretto by Metastasio, IIRC,  but if you want to write about Salieri's opera, then it should be a new article, called, say, Semiramide (Salieri). --GuillaumeTell (talk) 19:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

either POV or OR
The lead says: "The extremely florid vocal style is often a vehicle for spectacular vocal display rather than an intrinsic part of the score". Is this one of the most important things so say about this opera? Is it just an insult? Who knows? Can we either get properly cited or get something a bit less hoity-toity? Even the booklet of the ArtHaus/Met Opera DVD can do rather better: "Semiramide was to be Rossini's last Italian opera ... [His] farewell gesture to the genre takes the form of a return to the great singing traditions of his youth. In a melodrama in the style so popular in Venice since the 17th century ... and with the kind of highly plastic tableaux typical of classical opera, Rossini has recreated the baroque tradition of decorative singing with unparalleled skill". [Guido Johannes Joerg, p.27; booklet to DVD cat. 100 222, ArtHaus Musik, 1991] If no one can top this I suggest we put it in.  almost - instinct 14:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

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Biased Wording?
From the introduction section of this article:


 * "After this splendid work, one of his finest in the genre, Rossini turned his back on Italy and moved to Paris. Apart from Il viaggio a Reims, which is still in Italian, his last operas were either original compositions in French or extensively reworked adaptations into French of earlier Italian operas."

Seems like this wording is very biased and doesn't fit under Wikipedia's Manuel of Style editing. Also seems like a claim like this would need a source as well, but I wanted to confirm with another potential editor before I try to fix this eventually.

--Pkkakes (talk) 02:54, 29 March 2024 (UTC)