On the 200th anniversary of the first performance of Semiramide (Teatro La Fenice Venice February 3rd, 1823) Rai 5 on Thursday February 2 at 9.15 pm will be airing the 2019 ROF edition, conducted by Michele Mariotti and directed by Graham Vick. In the cast Salome Jicia, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Nahuel Di Pierro, Antonino Siragusa, Martiniana Antonie, Carlo Cigni, Alessandro Luciano, Sergey Artamonov. Television direction by Claudia De Toma.
Il viaggio a Reims staged at the ROF last summer will be available until February 13th on OperaVision.eu, the free platform managed by Opera Europa and co-financed by the Creative Europe programme within the Next Generation project. Alongside the two performances of Il viaggio, interpreted by the students of the Accademia Rossiniana "Alberto Zedda" under the baton of Daniel Carter conducting the Filarmonica Rossini, OperaVision has produced a dedicated podcast and a backstage video. Il viaggio a Reims reached 37,173 views in 2022.
You can also watch other Rossini Opera Festival videos on the following platforms:
Raiplay:
2022 - Le Comte Ory - click here
2021 - Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra - click here
2018 - Ricciardo e Zoraide - click here
2018 - Rossini 150 (documentary) - click here
OperaVision:
2022 - Il Viaggio a Reims (until February 13th) - click here