The Dutch National Opera will perform Semele next year. Performances will run 17 – 29 January 2026. Semele has never before ...

There’s nothing inherently modern about John Eccles “Semele.” Written at the beginning of the 18th century, the Baroque opera narrates an Ancient Greek myth about a mortal protagonist whose jealousy ...

Confronting the audience at the outset of Oliver Mears’ challenging new production of Handel’s Semele is an unappealing grate cover, the sinister purpose of which is only gradually revealed. The ...

When the opera “Semele” opens Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the stage will hold some extra weight: two sumo wrestlers, totaling 700 pounds, and a 17-ton, 450-year-old temple. “Semele,” a ...

Based on an ancient Greek myth, John Eccles’ early 18th century opera “Semele” is undergoing an update for its latest incarnation in the New College Theatre, albeit one that still keeps it vintage.

Cadmus prepares for the marriage of his daughter Semele to Athamas but she has been inventing any possible obstacle to the arrangement, as she is in love with the god Jupiter. Semele’s sister, Ino, ...

Semele is a timeless tale from Greek antiquity about the pitfalls of ambition, vanity, and making open-ended promises. Stage Director Kristine McIntyre, whose most recent collaboration with Pittsburgh ...

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 ...

Ancient mythology derives considerable power from showing the conflicts when gods become emotionally involved with humans. On the day of her wedding to Prince Athamas, Semele, the daughter of Cadmus, ...