Gioacchino Rossini - Semiramide - Overture - Video
PUBLISHED: Sep 22, 2011
DESCRIPTION: Semiramide 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 February 3, 1823.