In the first act of Semele, George Frideric Handel’s 1743 opera in English, Semele leaves her betrothed at the altar for Juno’s husband, Jupiter, and Semele’s sister hooks up with the abandoned fiancé ...

Pittsburgh Opera has postponed its first-ever production of George Frideric Handel’s “Semele” from February to May. The move was made “in response to ongoing covid-19 concerns, including high cases in ...

For its first-ever production of Handel’s sparkling, irresistibly tuneful “Semele,” Seattle Opera has pulled out all the stops. Aware that this is only the third work by Handel to grace the company’s ...

Opera Santa Barbara opens the new year with its third company premiere of the season: a 90-minute adaptation of Handel’s comedy “Semele,” set in Hollywood’s silent movie era. Performances take place ...

Semele Handel’s 1743 opera Semele-based on the myth of a mortal seduced by Jupiter,who pays a price when she ambitiously asks to see the god in his full splendor-is proving catnip to Seattle Opera’s ...

A beautiful young woman, bored and ambitious; a powerful, prestigious man, notoriously philandering; his jealous wife, devious and controlling — a trio worthy of jumpstarting a soap opera, a film or, ...

1 Review: Warhorses? Hi Yo, Silver, With Sierra, Grigorian, Radvanovsky, Jagde at Carnegie The Canadian Opera Company's 2011/2012 season closes with the company premiere of George Frideric Handel's ...

Ancient mythology derives considerable power from showing the conflicts when gods become emotionally involved with humans. On the day of her wedding to Prince Athamas, Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Premiered in 1774, Semele is the latest in the Royal Opera House's series of Handel operas and ...

When the opera “Semele” opens Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the stage will hold some extra weight: two sumo wrestlers, totaling 700 pounds, and a 17-ton, 450-year-old temple. “Semele,” a ...

"Semele," written by Handel in the 18th century, set no small scandal among its baroque audience for both its musical structure and basic themes of carnal lust and Grecian morality. Zhang Huan's ...