Semele

Release Date: 2019-04-08

Overview: On Thursday 2 May 2019, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, led by John Eliot Gardiner, brought a new production of Semele to “London’s oldest new theatre” at Alexandra Palace. This concert-staging of “Handel’s sexiest opera”, directed by Thomas Guthrie, was the only London date on a prestigious European tour. Featuring a young, glamorous cast of international soloists, the performance provided London audiences with a fuller version of the work, notably with some passages by Handel very rarely heard in modern performances.

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Cast

Louise Alder

as Semele

Hugo Hymas

as Jupiter

Lucile Richardot

as Juno

Carlo Vistoli

as Athamus

Gianluca Buratto

as Cadmus/Somnus