You really have to hand it to Handel. It's as if, way back in 1744, he was sufficiently prescient to create the ideal work for the intrepid 27-year-old Toronto organization Opera in Concert, which ...
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 ...
Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 1, Behold! Auspicious Flashes Rise (Priest) Semele, HWV 58, Act I: No. 2, Lucky Omens Bless Our Rites (Chorus of Priests) Semele, HWV 58 ...
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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Even in 1744 Handel's Semele left its audience nonplussed. The premiere was given in concert during Lent but ...
Annilese Miskimmon’s beautifully sung but sardonic production lends the saga of the gods some of the vividness and surreality of early 60s Hollywood Annilese Miskimmon’s sardonic new production of ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Semele has a problem. She has fallen for Jupiter, the king of the gods, and he for her, but if she asks for the ...
Semele is playing at the Royal Opera House on various dates until 18 July. Beautiful music, glorious singing and a doubtful production combine to create mixed feelings about Handel's Semele at the ...
The sound engineering is poor, the plodding organ continuo in recitatives is tedious, the choir is unfocused and most of the soloists are weak. Martini includes Ino’s aria “See, she blushing turns her ...
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