Semele

Semele (2007)

Timing: 2:35 (155 min)

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Release date

2007-11-03

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United Kingdom

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Decca

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Director

Robert Carsen

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Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Workman, Birgit Remmert, Liliana Nikiteanu, Anton Charinger, Isabel Rey, William Christie, Thomas Allen
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William Congreve

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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.

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