Besetzung: Tamiri (S), Semiramide (MS), Mirteo (MS), Sibari (MS), Scitalce (A), Ircano (T, alt. Bar.). Orchestra: Tr. I, II; Cor. I, II; Vl. I, II; Vla.; Vc.; B; Bc.

Nicolò Porpora set Metastasio’s libretto of “Semiramide riconosciuta” twice: his first version for the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice 1729 was the first ever setting of this text (together with the simultaneous production with music by Leonardo Vinci in Rome), which was to become one of the most popular libretti in ...