Sémiramis

About the show

In Babylon, Queen Sémiramis sees the ghost of her murdered husband Ninus, who demands revenge for himself and their missing son Ninias. She plans to marry Arzace, unaware he is Ninias. High priest Oroès reveals the truth and that Assur murdered Ninus at Sémiramis’s order. Sémiramis rushes into the tomb to save Arzace from Assur; in the dark, Arzace mistakes her for Assur and mortally wounds his mother. She forgives him before dying.