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| Composer | Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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MunichSemele
Handel: Semele
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Claus Guth; Bavarian State Opera; Michael Levine; Gesine Völlm; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
BerlinSemele
Handel: Semele
George Petrou; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Natacha Le Guen de Kerneizon; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
BolognaSemeleConcert performance
Handel: Semele
Rinaldo Alessandrini; Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Coro di Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Suzanne Jerosme; Jorge Navarro Colorado
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Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
Guth’s Semele turns myth into a contemporary domestic drama, where desire becomes obsession and illusion consumes reality. Handel’s music remains the true engine, driven by a thrilling, physically intense ensemble.
In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out
Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.
Joélle Harvey is outstanding in Glyndebourne's incendiary Semele
Adele Thomas makes a good case for Semele's operatic credentials in her production which makes effective nods towards Baroque opera’s devotion to spectacle.
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