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 ...
Renowned opera “Semele”, staged by the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland in December 2018, will be screened at Kafnu co-working space in Binh Thanh District, HCMC on March 7. Renowned opera “Semele”, ...
In the 35 years I've been going to Opera Holland Park, I've never been disappointed by the music, performances and sheer joy of being in the open air with accompanying local sound effects. The odd ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A sense of déjà vu can be excused here. Time and again witty lines from this opera’s libretto by William ...
Is this an opera or an oratorio? It was never staged by Handel, nor for centuries following his death, though these days it is commonly presented – as at Glyndebourne – as a full-scale opera. The ...
Misconceived staging diminishes the impact of Handel’s mythological comedy Playwright William Congreve wrote the libretto to Semele for composer John Eccles around 1706, although for some reason, the ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results