The Pittsburgh Opera has rescheduled its production of Handel’s “Semele.” The company announced that due to on-going COVID-19 concerns, including high cases in Allegheny County and the slower-than-hoped-for vaccine rollout, Pittsburgh Opera is delaying its upcoming production of George Frideric Handel’s” Semele” from February to May 2021. The cast and artistic team will remain the same. The new dates will include {…}
(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) OperaVision has announced streams for the first month of 2021. The first opera to be streamed starting on Jan. 3, 2021 will be Barrie Kosky’s production of Handel’s operatic masterpiece “Semele” from the Komische Oper Berlin. The opera features Eric Jurenas as Athamas, Prince of Bœotia; Allan Clayton in the role of Jupiter, King of the Gods; {…}
(Credit: BoHuang) Handel’s “Semele” will make a return to the Shanghai International Arts Festival on Nov. 8 and 9, 2019. This re-imagined version of the opera, which was presented 10 years ago, will be showcased as part of the 140th anniversary celebrations of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. The performance will be presented by KT Wong Foundation as part of the {…}
This spring, a new production of “Semele,” directed by Thomas Guthrie, will take the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, and John Eliot Gardiner on a European tour. This will be the team’s first time collaborating together on Handel’s 1744 opera since recording it for Erato Records over 30 years ago. The ensemble is set to perform at Europe’s foremost concert halls {…}