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Semiramide 'La Signora Regale'
Anna Bonitatibus; Collegium 1704; Václav Luks
Date
Wed 05 Oct 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Anna Bonitatibusmezzo-soprano
  • Collegium 1704
    • Václav Luksconductor

    Programme

    • Antonio Caldara
      1671-1736
        • Semiramide in Ascalone
          :
        • Introduzione
        • Povera navicella
    • Niccolò Jommelli
      1714-1774
        • Semiramide riconosciuta
          :
        • Barbaro, non dolerti ...Tradita, sprezzata
    • Sebastiano Nasolini
      c.1768-1798
        • La morte di Semiramide
          :
        • Deh sospendi ai pianti miei…Serbo ancora un’alma altera

    Encore

    • Nicola Porpora
      1686-1768
        • Semiramide regina dell'Assiria
          :
        • Vanne fido, e al mesto regno

    Overview

    Collegium 1704 is joined by Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus, recentlyhailed for her performance alongside Juan Diego Flórez in Rossini’s L’Italiana inAlgeri at the Vienna State Opera.

    Václav Luks and his Prague-based ensemblehave secured rave reviews for their recordings, Bach’s Mass in B minor amongthem. Collegium 1704 makes its UK debut at Wigmore Hall with a programmeof arias, songs and other works inspired by the legendary Assyrian queenSemiramis.

    Her mythical story, retold by Metastasio in an opera libretto thatreceived 30 settings between 1729 and 1819, involves the queen’s disguiseas king, an unsuccessful poisoning plot and the final triumph of Semiramis.

    We are grateful to Dunard Fund for their generosity to the Hall and for supporting this concert.

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