Released:
2007-11-03

Overview:
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.

Director:
Robert Carsen

Runtime:
2h 35min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Cecilia Bartoli
  as
  Semele
• 
  Charles Workman
  as
  Jupiter
• 
  Birgit Remmert
  as
  Juno
• 
  Liliana Nikiteanu
  as
  Ino
• 
  Anton Charinger
  as
  Cadmus