Semele (HWV 58) is a 'musical drama', originally presented "after the manner of an oratorio", in three parts by George Frideric Handel. Based on an existing...

Semele (/ˈsɛmɪli/; Ancient Greek: Σεμέλη, romanized: Semélē), or Thyone (/ˈθaɪəni/; Ancient Greek: Θυώνη, romanized: Thyṓnē) in Greek mythology, was the...

theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire. Other English...

oratorios, Handel turned to classical mythology for subjects, producing such works as Acis and Galatea (1719), Hercules (1745) and Semele (1744). These...

Semele is the mother of Dionysus in Greek mythology. Semele may also refer to: Semele (Eccles), an opera by John Eccles Semele (Handel), an opera by George...

Collected editions of Handel's works include the Händel-Gesellschaft (HG) and the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA), but the more recent Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis...

Coalition of 100 Black Women, 1992. Grammy, Best Opera Recording for Handel: Semele, 1993. Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, 1993...

56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter...

Sémélé is an opera by Marin Marais with a libretto by Antoine Houdar de la Motte first performed on 9 April 1709, by the Paris Opera at the Théâtre du...

re-used, in slightly amended form, by George Frideric Handel for his secular oratorio Semele. Eccles' Semele forms part of the English opera tradition that had...

Rossi) Joad, Athalia (Handel) La Fortuna, Giustino, (Handel) Childerico, Faramondo, (Handel) David, Saul (Handel) Athamas, Semele (Handel) Joseph, Joseph and...

accomplished bel canto technique which enabled him to sing the music of Handel, Mozart and Rossini but with enough vocal power to handle the more overtly...

movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for...

Theodora (HWV 68) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts by George Frideric Handel, set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell. The oratorio concerns the...

known as "Largo from Xerxes" or "Handel's Largo", is the opening aria from the opera Serse (1738) by George Frideric Handel. "Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra...

Alexander von Zemlinsky Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Semele (Handel) by George Frideric Handel Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi Die Fledermaus by Johann...

Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts. The wordbook (also called libretto...

the Bagpiper, Weinberger, 1927 Semele, Eccles, written 1707 Semele, Handel, 1744 Semiramide, Rossini, 1823 Serse, Handel, 1738 Shell Shock, Nicholas Lens...

Tauride (Gluck) Aci, Aci, Galatea e Poliferno (Handel) Dalinda, Ariodante (Handel) Semele, Semele (Handel) Die Königin, Das geheimes Königreich (Krenek)...

for the patriotic song "Rule Britannia". 1744 Semele (Handel). Originally performed as an oratorio, Semele's dramatic qualities have often led to the work...

was conducted in 1922, three years after the Handel Festival in Göttingen. It showed the oratorios Semele and Susanna, the opera Orlando furioso arranged...

Dixit Dominus is a psalm setting by George Frideric Handel (catalogued as HWV 232). It uses the Latin text of Psalm 110 (Vulgate 109), which begins with...

(HWV 53) is a dramatic oratorio in three acts written by George Frideric Handel with a libretto by Charles Jennens. Taken from the First Book of Samuel...

Handel Hendrix House (previously Handel & Hendrix in London) is a museum in Mayfair, London, dedicated to the lives and works of the German-born British...

of baroque opera, having participated in major productions such as Semele (Handel) at the Berlin State Opera with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,...

Sechehaye, George Frideric Handel, Anthony Furstenau and Michael Schlegel (13 Geo. 1. c. 2), later given the short title of Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727...

Orlando (HWV 31) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel written for the King's Theatre in London in 1733. The Italian libretto was adapted...

Verwandelte Daphne (Daphne Metamorphosed), HWV 4, is an opera composed by Handel for the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg in 1706, to a libretto by Hinrich...

Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts, listed here in tables for their musical...

Solomon, HWV 67, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright...