Semirâma

””’Semirâma””’ is an [[opera]] in three acts by [[Ottorino Respighi]] to a [[libretto]] by Alessandro Cerè based on [[Voltaire]]’s 1748 play ”Sémiramis”, the same subject used for [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]’s ”[[Semiramide]]”. ”Semirâma” premiered on 20 November 1910 at the [[Teatro Comunale di Bologna]]. The première obtained a great success, with several calls for the composer and the singers.<ref name=lastampa>{{cite news |date= 21 November 1910|page=5|title= Il successo di Semirâma del M.° O. Respighi a Bologna |url= http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,6/articleid,1200_01_1910_0323_0006_17870172/anews,true/ |language=it|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|location=Turin|accessdate= 2 January 2015}}</ref>

””’Semirâma””’ is an [[opera]] in three acts by [[Ottorino Respighi]] to a [[libretto]] by Alessandro Cerè based on [[Voltaire]]’s 1748 play ”Sémiramis”, the same subject used for [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]’s ”[[Semiramide]]”. ”Semirâma” premiered on 20 November 1910 at the [[Teatro Comunale di Bologna]]. The première obtained a great success, with several calls for the composer and the singers.<ref name=lastampa>{{cite news |date= 21 November 1910|page=5|title= Il successo di Semirâma del M.° O. Respighi a Bologna |url= http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,6/articleid,1200_01_1910_0323_0006_17870172/anews,true/ |language=it|newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|location=Turin|accessdate= 2 January 2015}}</ref>

In this opera, which often exploits the exotic cues offered by the subject, it is possible to find influences of the French music of its epoch and of ”[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]” by [[Richard Strauss]].{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In this opera, which often exploits the exotic cues offered by the subject, it is possible to find influences of ”[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]” by [[Richard Strauss]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Bret|date=2013-07-12|title=Respighi|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0040298213000752/type/journal_article|journal=Tempo|volume=67|issue=265|pages=118–119|doi=10.1017/S0040298213000752|issn=0040-2982}}</ref>

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