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Semiramide riconosciuta (Semiramis recognized or revealed) is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio (1698–1782), written in 1729. It is for opera seria, and accordingly consists of recitatives and da capo arias. It tells a story of the legendary Semiramis, wife of the Biblical Nimrod.




Characters


The voice types and character descriptions are taken from the text set to music in 1729 by Leonardo Vinci:

Semiramide (soprano), Assyrian queen, in masculine dress under the name Nimrod; in love with Scitalce, who had previously known her in Egypt under the name Idreno
Mirteo (soprano), Egyptian prince, brother of Semiramis (though he does not know this), in love with Tamiri
Ircano (contralto), Scythian prince, in love with Tamiri
Scitalce (contralto), Indian prince, in love with Semiramide
Tamiri (soprano), Bactrian princess, in love with Scitalce
Sibari (tenor), confidante of and secretly in love with Semiramide




Plot






Operas


The libretto has been used as the text for operas by several composers, including:

Semiramide riconosciuta by Leonardo Vinci, premiered 6 February 1729
Semiramide riconosciuta by Nicola Porpora, premiered 26 December 1729
Semiramide riconosciuta by Niccolò Jommelli, premiered 1741
Semiramide riconosciuta by Giovanni Battista Lampugnani, premiered 1741
Semiramide riconosciuta by Johann Adolph Hasse, premiered 26 December 1744
La Semiramide riconosciuta by Domènec Terradellas, premiered 1746
La Semiramide riconosciuta by Christoph Willibald Gluck, premiered 1748
La Semiramide riconosciuta by Baldassare Galuppi, premiered 1749
La Semiramide riconosciuta by Giovanni Marco Rutini, premiered 1752
Semiramide riconosciuta by Gioacchino Cocchi, premiered 1753
Semiramide riconosciuta by Andrea Bernasconi, premiered 1765
Semiramide by Josef Mysliveček, premiered 1766, Bergamo
Semiramide by Antonio Salieri, premiered 1782
Semiramide riconosciuta by Giacomo Meyerbeer, premiered 1819




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