Plot
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.
Cast
Cecilia Bartoli
as Semele
Charles Workman
as Jupiter
Birgit Remmert
as Juno
Liliana Nikiteanu
as Ino
Anton Charinger
as Cadmus
Isabel Rey
as Iris
William Christie
as Conductor
Thomas Allen
as Athamas
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