Semele backdrop
Semele poster
Trailer
Semele
8.0
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2h 35m
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2007
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Released
Overview
Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her first opera in English. Bartoli stars as Semele (a role usually taken by a soprano) in Handel s late opera, which features such well-known arias as Endless pleasure, endless love, Myself I shall adore, and Oh sleep, why dost though leave me? Robert Carsen s stylish modern dress production hints at parallels with the problematic relationship between the late Princess Diana and the British Royal Family. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in January, 2007.

Cast
Cecilia Bartoli poster
Cecilia Bartoli
Semele
Charles Workman poster
Charles Workman
Jupiter
Birgit Remmert poster
Birgit Remmert
Juno
Liliana Nikiteanu poster
Liliana Nikiteanu
Ino
Anton Charinger poster
Anton Charinger
Cadmus
Thomas Michael Allen poster
Thomas Michael Allen
Athamas
Isabel Rey poster
Isabel Rey
Iris
William Christie poster
William Christie
Conductor

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