Handel - Semele

[Lady__Izolde]

Semele - Brenda Rae
Jupiter - Michael Spyres
Apollo - Jonas Hacker
Athamas - Jakub Józef Orliński
Juno - Emily D'Angelo
Ino - Nadezhda Karyazina
Iris - Jessica Niles
Cadmus/Somnus - Philippe Sly
Hohepriester - Milan Siljanov

Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Conductor: Gianluca Capuano

Prinzregententheater, Munich Opera Festival, 15 July 2023.

[taniuskaram]

Thank you very much for uploading the version. I had the opportunity to hear one month ago at the Prinzregententheater in München and it was undoubtedly one of the best at the last opera festival in this city. A truly outstanding presentation.

[younghopark]

00:00 Ouverture
02:38 Allegro
04:37 Gavotte

*Act I*

Scene I
06:52 1. Accompagnato / Behold! auspicious flashes rise! (Priest or Cadmus)
08:28 2. Chorus / Lucky omens, bless our rite
11:40 3. Recitative and Arioso / Daughter, obey, hear and obey! (Cadmus, Athamas)
12:39 4. Accompagnato / Ah me! what refuge (Semele)
13:45 5. Air / O Jove! in pity teach me (Semele)
15:47 6. Air / The morning lark to mine accords his note (Semele)
22:57 Recitative / See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamas)
23:22 7. Air / Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare (Athamas)
28:25 Recitative / Alas, she yields, and has undone me! (Ino, Athamas, Semele)
29:14 8. Quartet / Why dost thou thus untimely grieve (Semele, Ino, Athamas, Cadmus)
32:00 9. Chorus / Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs
34:00 10. Accompagnato / Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
Recitative / Thy aid, pronubial Juno (Athamas, Semele)
35:09 11. Chorus / Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed

Scene Il
36:01 Recitative / O Athamas, what torture (Athamas)
36:50 12. Air / Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes (Ino)
Recitative / She weeps! the gentle maid (Athamas)
37:36 13. Air / Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamas)
41:26 Recitative / Too well I see thou wilt not (Ino, Athamas)
42:16 14. Duet / You've undone me, look not on me (Ino, Athamas)

Scene III
44:33 Recitative / Ah, wretched prince, doom'd (Cadmus, Athamas)
45:20 15. Accompagnato / Wing'd with our fears (Cadmus)
46:40 Recitative / O prodigy, to me of dire portent! (Athamas, Ino)

Scene IV
46:56 Recitative / See, see! Jove's priests (Cadmus)
47:22 16. Chorus / Hail, Cadmus, hail!
49:04 17. Air / Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
51:58 18. Chorus / Endless pleasure, endless love


*Act II*

Scene I
53:44 19. Symphony
55:17 Recitative / Iris, impatient of thy stay (Juno, Iris)
56:19 20. Air / There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
1:00:01 Recitative / No more - I'll hear no more! (Juno)
1:00:07 21. Accompagnato / Awake, Saturnia, from thy lethargy (Juno, Iris)
1:02:13 22. Air / Hence, Iris, hence away (Juno)
1:06:07 FII. Air / Come, Zephyrs, come (Cupid)

Scene II
1:14:54 23. Air / O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)

Scene III
1:18:27 Recitative / Let me not another moment (Semele)
1:18:42 24. Air / Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
1:21:54 Recitative / You are mortal and require (Jupiter)
1:22:32 25. Air / With fond desiring (Semele)
1:25:17 26. Chorus / How engaging, how endearing
1:28:01 Recitative / Ah me! … Why sighs my Semele? (Semele, Jupiter)
1:29:25 27. Air / I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
1:34:00 28. Chorus / Now Love, that everlasting boy, invites
1:37:00 Recitative / By my command now at this instant (Jupiter, Semele)
1:38:25 29. Air / Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter)

Scene IV
1:44:47 Recitative / Dear sister, how was your passage (Semele, Ino)
1:45:48 30. Air / But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino)
1:47:46 31. Duet / Prepare then, ye immortal choir! (Semele, Ino)
1:49:49 32. Chorus / Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays


*Act III*

Scene I
1:52:38 33. Symphony
1:54:56 34. Accompagnato / Somnus, awake! (Juno, Iris)
1:55:26 35. Air / Leave me, loathsome light! (Somnus)
1:58:35 Recitative / Dull God, canst thou attend (Iris, Juno)
1:59:12 36. Air / More sweet is that name (Somnus)
2:01:31 Recitative / My will obey, she shall be thine (Juno, Somnus)
2:02:44 37. Duet / Obey my will, thy rod resign (Juno, Somnus)

Scene II
2:04:51 38. Air / My racking thoughts (Semele)

Scene III
2:08:08 Recitative / Thus shaped like Ino (Juno, Semele)
2:09:05 Arioso / Behold in this mirror (Juno)
2:11:21 Recitative / O ecstasy of happiness (Semele)
2:11:37 39. Air / Myself I shall adore (Semele) 2:17:50 High F
2:18:55 Recitative / Be wise, as you are beautiful (Juno, Semele)
2:19:29 40. Accompagnato / Conjure him by his oath (Juno)
2:20:52 41. Air / Thus let my thanks be paid (Semele)
2:23:48 Recitative / Rich odours fill the fragrant air (Juno, Semele)

Scene IV
2:24:22 42. Air / Come to my arms, my lovely fair (Jupiter)
2:28:05 Recitative / O Semele! why art thou (Jupiter)
2:28:12 43. Air / I ever am granting (Semele)
2:29:39 Recitative Speak, speak your desire (Jupiter, Semele)
2:29:52 44. Accompagnato / By that tremendous flood (Jupiter)
2:30:20 Recitative / You'll grant what I require? (Semele, Jupiter)
2:30:29 45. Accompagnato / Then cast off this human shape (Semele)
2:30:46 46. Air / Ah! take heed what you press! (Jupiter)
2:32:08 47. Air / No, no, I'll take no less (Semele)

Scene V
2:37:22 48. Accompagnato / Ah! whither is she gone! (Jupiter)

Scene VI
Omitted 49. Air / Above measure is the pleasure (Juno)

Scene VII
2:40:49 50. Arioso / Ah me! too late I now repent (Semele)

Scene VIII
2:45:15 Recitative / Of my ill-boding dream (Ino)
2:45:37 51. Chorus / O terror and astonishment
2:50:07 Recitative / How I was hence remov'd (Ino, Cadmus, Athamas)
2:51:07 52. Air / Despair no more shall wound me (Athamas)
2:57:00 Recitative / See from above the bellying clouds (Cadmus)

Scene the last
2:57:18 53. Symphony
2:58:26 54. Accompagnato / Apollo comes to reliev your care (Apollo)
2:59:20 55. Chorus / Happy, happy shall we be

[mimirudi]

Dear Lady! We miss you! Are you OK? No posting for over a month ere or in bilybily. PLEASE LET US KNOW as we are genuine and everlasing fans! Than you

[spbglazamistarojila]

А брейк-данс Орлинского был после арии Спайрза с танцами, под хор? Там зал бурно реагировал.

[ElBlond-peip]

Hello Lady, thank you for all your uploads! Would it be possible for you to get the audio of this same performance currently on BBC Opera on 3? I think the sound quality is much better. Thank you either way.

[TAESONG]

핸델 주님께서 세멜레를 한국 핸델교인들에게 선포 하셨습니다. 1744년에는 3개의 오라토리오를 창조 하셨습니다. 한국의 음악의 신 핸델이시여 그 영광 영원하소서 !!!

[frankm]

Ms Rae needs to listen to Kathleen Battle’s recording to hear what this role is supposed to sound like.