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.
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Cecilia Bartoli
Semele
Also in
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
Charles Workman
Jupiter
Also in
Rossini: La Gazzetta
Late Night Horror
Birgit Remmert
Juno
Liliana Nikiteanu
Ino
Also in
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Anton Charinger
Cadmus
No other roles listed
Isabel Rey
Iris
Also in
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Martes de carnaval
William Christie
Conductor
Also in
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Hippolyte and Aricie
Thomas Allen
Athamas
Known for
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Let the Right One In
Robert Carsen Director · William Congreve Writer
United States release May 4, 2009 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Decca
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · November 3, 2007
Premiere
United States · May 4, 2009
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