Editing Semiramide (section)

===19th century===

Following its premiere, the opera was given twenty-eight times<ref name="Osborne-pp113-14">{{harvnb|Osborne|1994|pp=113–114}}</ref> for the rest of the season in Venice (and, at some point, for four nights in a row){{sfn|Migliavacca|1998|p=84}} and it went on to presentations throughout Italy and Europe, including Paris in 1825, Milan in 1829 and 1831, and Vienna in 1830. It reached London on 15 July 1824, was given its US premiere at the St. Charles Theatre in New Orleans on 1 May 1837, but it took until 3 January 1845, before it was performed in New York.<ref name="Osborne-pp113-14" />

Other prima donnas emerged in the major roles by about 1825, since Colbran's vocal powers had greatly diminished by the time of the Venice premiere performances and she "was in no state to ever sing the role again".<ref name="Mpage92">{{harvnb|Migliavacca|1998|p=92}}</ref> For 25 years after 1830, [[Giulia Grisi]] triumphed in the role notably in [[St Petersburg]] in 1849 and New York in 1854.

By the late 1800s, the opera had virtually disappeared from the repertoire. However, it was chosen in 1880 to inaugurate the Teatro Costanzi, new venue of the [[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma|Rome Opera]] company, and appeared as part of the Cincinnati Opera Festival 1882 which was attended by [[Oscar Wilde]] and which featured the famous diva [[Adelina Patti]] who chose the aria "Bel raggio lusinghiero" for her farewell performance.<ref>[https://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/features/patti-in-cincinnati.html "Patti in Cincinnati"], oscarwildeinamerica.org</ref> The [[Metropolitan Opera]] revived ''Semiramide'' in 1892, 1894 (with [[Nellie Melba]]), and 1895.