Handel: Semele

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Academy_of_Ancient_Music
gptkbp:adaptation performed in concert version
gptkbp:artist gptkb:Thomas_Hampson
gptkb:Vladimir_Jurowski
gptkb:Anne_Sofie_von_Otter
gptkb:Joyce_Di_Donato
gptkb:Ian_Bostridge
gptkb:Renée_Fleming
gptkb:John_Eliot_Gardiner
gptkb:Barbara_Hannigan
gptkb:Philippe_Jaroussky
gptkb:Mark_Padmore
gptkbp:based_on The Story of Semele from Metamorphoses
gptkbp:character gptkb:Jupiter
gptkb:Semele
gptkb:Juno
gptkb:Cadmus
gptkb:Ino
The High Priest
gptkbp:composed_of gptkb:Charles_Jennens
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced later composers
gptkbp:cultural_significance part of the Baroque canon
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:Covent_Garden,_London
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Piano_Sonata
gptkbp:historical_context 18th century England
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:painting
gptkb:mythological_figure
classical literature
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notable_performance Baroque music
gptkbp:notable_production gptkb:film_festival
gptkb:Bavarian_State_Opera
gptkb:English_National_Opera
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkb:opera
gptkbp:notable_recordings gptkb:Decca_Records
gptkbp:notable_song gptkb:The_Voice_of_the_Nightingale
gptkb:The_Triumph_of_Love
gptkb:The_Dance_of_the_Hours
Where'er You Walk
Endless Pleasure
Myself I Shall Adore
O Sleep, why dost thou leave me?
The Gods are angry
The Morning Lark
gptkbp:orchestration orchestra and choir
gptkbp:premiere_date 1743
gptkbp:thematic_element gptkb:Transformation
gptkb:jealousy
divine intervention
mortality
love and desire