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.
William Congreve
Writer
Robert Carsen
Director
Cecilia Bartoli
Semele
Charles Workman
Jupiter
Birgit Remmert
Juno
Liliana Nikiteanu
Ino
Anton Charinger
Cadmus
Isabel Rey
Iris
William Christie
Conductor
Thomas Allen
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