It remains one of the most complete musico-dramatic performances of my 50+ years of opera going. Listen to the way he winds up the springs of the opera and never lets go until the end. Gasdia as the Queen was incomparable, with him every step of the way.
Roger Norrington was a great opera conductor
Roger Norrington conducted Rossini’s Semiramide in Pesaro ’94 and made the Orchestra part of the drama in a way I still have never heard duplicated in a Bel Canto opera.
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People: Cecilia Gasdia, Roger Norrington
