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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto after the Old Testament...

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

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

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

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...

Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John...

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...

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...

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...

Samson (HWV 57) is a three-act oratorio by George Frideric Handel, considered to be one of his finest dramatic works. It is usually performed as an oratorio...

The Handel organ concertos, Op. 7, HWV 306–311, refer to the six organ concertos for organ and orchestra composed by George Frideric Handel in London...

(HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as...