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Prom 68: A feast of Rossini as Albina Shagimuratova shines in Semiramide

By Mark Pullinger, 05 September 2016
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“Shagimuratova was as lustrous as her dazzling gown in the demanding role of Semiramide”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 4 September 2016
Programme
Rossini, Semiramide
Performers
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor
Albina Shagimuratova, Semiramide
Barry Banks, Idreno
Mirco Palazzi, Assur
Daniela Barcellona, Arsace
Susana Gaspar, Azema
David Butt Philip, Mitrane
Gianluca Buratto, Oroe
James Platt, Nino's ghost
Opera Rara Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.