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SemiramideThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 22 | |
A semi-serious Semiramide |
 13 Dec 17 / Connessi all'Opera |
Il ritorno di Semiramide |
| 13 Dec 17 / L'Ape musicale |
Joyce DiDonato est Sémiramis à la Royal Opera House de Londres |
| 4 Dec 17 / Opera Online (French) |
Melodrama y megadrama |
| 3 Dec 17 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
DiDonato is superb in Semiramide at Covent Garden |
| 1 Dec 17 / Opera Today |
David Alden's production brings out the magnificence of music |
| 30 Nov 17 / Express |
Baal canto |
| 28 Nov 17 / The Critics' Circle |
Show-stopping and gripping with a superb music production |
| 26 Nov 17 / Express |
La Semiramide de Joyce DiDonato éblouit le public londonien |
| 25 Nov 17 / Diapason |
Rossini’s Semiramide a Joyce DiDonato to behold |
| 25 Nov 17 / Metro |
Stunning music, but a problematic plot |
| 24 Nov 17 / Independent |
Antonio Pappano in the orchestra pit and the superb cast of singers made it a musical treat |
| 22 Nov 17 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Dans l'air du temps |
| 22 Nov 17 / Forum Opéra |
It’s the singing that really matters |
| 22 Nov 17 / Financial Times |
Rossini sounds sublime in Alden's eccentric staging |
| 22 Nov 17 / The Guardian |
Regal Joyce DiDonato and gifted Daniela Barcellona triumph in Royal Opera’s Semiramide |
| 21 Nov 17 / Seen and Heard |
Stellar singing reigns supreme in Rossini’s Babylonian mishmash |
| 21 Nov 17 / The Times |
Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano resuscitate the uxoricidal Assyrian ruler |
| 21 Nov 17 / The Arts Desk |
Stupendous singer triumphs in baffling modern Babylon |
| 21 Nov 17 / Evening Standard |
Rare Rossini at Covent Garden, with Joyce DiDonato on imperious form |
| 21 Nov 17 / What's on Stage |
A production to change hearts and minds |
| 21 Nov 17 / Telegraph |
Joyce DiDonato leads the vocal pyrotechnics in a dazzling Semiramide at the Royal Opera |
| 20 Nov 17 / Bachtrack |
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