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
