Semele
by George Frideric Handel
Glyndebourne
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Cast: Joelle Harvey / Stuart Jackson / Stephanie Wake-Edwards / Jennifer Johnston / Aryeh / Nussbaum Cohen / Samuel Mariño / Clive Bayley
Dancers: Robin Gladwin / Harriet Waghorn / Jonathan Mewett / Jack Richardson
Conductor: Václav Luks / Choreographer: Emma Woods / Set Designer: Annemarie Woods / Costume Designer: Hannah Clark / Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford + Rick Fisher
Photographer: Richard Hubert Smith
★★★★ a fresh angle on the incendiary story
Evening Standard
★★★★ Adele Thomas’ new production fo Glyndebourne makes a good case for its operatic credentials.
Bachtrack
Evening Standard
★★★★ Adele Thomas’ new production fo Glyndebourne makes a good case for its operatic credentials.
Bachtrack
★★★★ This, though, is a consistent and thoughtful interpretation of a gloriously eclectic piece
The Arts Desk
Remarkable
Opera
The Arts Desk
Remarkable
Opera
★★★★ Thunder roars. Lightning flashes. And its bright bursts reveal two entangled bodies on stage, then a lone naked woman undulating on the floor and a stony figure who watches from afar. In this beginning lies the end. Sex and revenge are intertwined. It makes for a visually striking start to Adele Thomas’s new production of Handel’s Semele, setting the tone for a show that’s confident, smart and endlessly entertaining
The Times
The Times
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