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Thunder and lightning put an end to love in Komische Oper’s Semele

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“a very worldly universe in which gods and mortals are prone to the same emotions”
Reviewed at Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin on 12 May 2018
Handel, Semele
Konrad Junghänel, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Director
Natacha Le Guen de Kerneizon, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Nicole Chevalier, Semele
Katarina Bradić, Ino
Evan Hughes, Somnus
Eric Jurenas, Athamas
Nora Friedrichs, Iris
Ezgi Kutlu, Juno
Allan Clayton, Jupiter
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