Performer: Dominic Kraemer

After a seven month delay, Willem Jeths' new opera finally receives its long awaited world premiere in front of a live audience.

What is the link between Bernstein’s criticism of American consumerism and MacMillan's biblical tale?

No wonder the 1744 audience was shocked by this “oratorio” which, far from drawing on Biblical themes, displays before us the sexual misdemeanor of the immortal Jove, with a mortal, Semele.