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Handel Opera Society: Semele

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An opera in three acts
Libretto by Congreve
Music by Handel
Cast in order of singing:
Chorus of priests, people of Thebes, zephyrs, nymphs, attendants
Chandos Chorus
Philomusica of London
(Leader, Granville Jones )
Conducted by Charles Farncombe
Thurston Dart (harpsichord continuo)
Producer, Ande Anderson
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

Act 1
Outside the temple of Juno in Thebes
8.5 app. Interval

8.15 app. Act 2
Scene 1: A pleasant countryside
Scene 2: An apartment in Semele's palace in the Heavens
9.5 app. Interval

9.15 app. Act 3
Scene 1: The cave of sleep
Scene 2: Semele's apartment
Scene 3: Outside the temple of Juno

Contributors

Leader:
Granville Jones
Conducted By:
Charles Farncombe
Harpsichord:
Thurston Dart
Cadmus, king of Thebes:
John Noble
Athamas, a prince of Boeotia:
Grayston Burgess
Semele, daughter of Cadmus:
Heather Harper
Ino, sister to Semele:
Helen Watts
Juno, wife of Jupiter:
Monica Sinclair
Iris, her attendant:
Susan Challis
Cupid:
Maria Zeri
Jupiter:
John Mitchinson
Somnus, god of sleep:
Owen Brannigan
Apollo:
Edward Brooks

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