Semele
May 12, 2018
Overview
Semele was written in 1743, by an already mature Handel, after his opera serias were becoming less well received than they had once been. The big novelty of the time was that Semele was composed entirely in English and is surely the closest that any of his oratorios get towards opera (though today many of them are staged as such). Stage director Barrie Kosky definitely places it in the operatic genre. He creates a very worldly universe in which gods and mortals are prone to the same emotions.
Crew of Semele
About Semele
What is Semele about?
Semele was written in 1743, by an already mature Handel, after his opera serias were becoming less well received than they had once been. The big novelty of the time was that Semele was composed entirely in English and is surely the closest that any of his oratorios get towards opera (though today many of them are staged as such). Stage director Barrie Kosky definitely places it in the operatic…
When was Semele released?
Semele was released on May 12, 2018.
Who is in the cast of Semele?
The cast of Semele includes Philipp Meierhöfer, Nicole Chevalier, Katarina Bradić and Eric Jurenas.