'Semiramide' with Washington Concert Opera at Lisner Auditorium
The predominance of voice in the operatic tradition usually doesn't change the need for effective staging to put the full point across. Washington Concert Opera showcased at least one exception to that rule on Sunday evening in a presentation of the large-scale tragedy Semiramide by Gioachino Rossini. An astonishing performance by mezzo-soprano Vivica Genoux highlighted […] The post ‘Semiramide' with Wash…