Name: Semele
Start: 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

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Royal Opera House

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

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Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

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Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Direzione del coro

William Spaulding

Direzione d'orchestra

Christian Curnyn

Soprano

Pretty Yende

Semele

Tenore

Ben Bliss

Giove

Basso

Brindley Sherratt

Cadmo

Sonno

Contralto

Carlo Vistoli

Atamante

Alice Coote

Giunone

Mezzosoprano

Niamh O'Sullivan

Marta Hovhannisyan

Iris

Regia

Oliver Mears

Scenografia

Annemarie Woods

Costumi

Luci

Fabiana Piccioli

Coreografia

Sarah Fahie

inglese

Londra

Regno Unito

Main Stage

Semele Händel

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Private

Joshua Dos

Approvato

Jupiter lives to seduce and destroy. Semele is his latest conquest. 

Uncanny, strange and darkly satirical, this new production from Oliver Mears considers powerlessness, privilege and degradation. First performed in 1744, Semele marks the latest instalment in The Royal Opera's series of Handel's Covent Garden works. Pretty Yende headlines, with Ben Bliss, who makes his debut with The Royal Opera, as her seductive but sinister lover. Brindley Sherratt, Carlo Vistoli and Alice Coote also star, conducted by Baroque specialist Christian Curnyn.

VISIONS OF PARADISE 
The most famous aria in Handel's musical drama is ‘Where'er you walk’, sung by Jupiter to reassure Semele. It is equally popular across the classical music community. ‘Where'er you walk / Cool gales shall fan the glade / Trees where you sit / Shall crowd into a shade,’ sings Jupiter, likening his palace gardens to paradise. Set to lyrics by Alexander Pope from the poet’s Pastorals, the aria is recognisable for its calm and serene manner, making it a popular wedding – and funeral – song.

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Semele by Händel, ven 04 lug 2025, Da (2025/2025), Diretto da Oliver Mears,, Direttore d'orchestra Christian Curnyn, Royal Opera House, Londra, Regno Unito

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