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...

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 (/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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sullivan joined Handel's circle, performing in one of his Covent Garden oratorios. That same year, he took on the role of Athamas in Semele (Handel) Originally...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works. It was published in three volumes (in German) by Bernd Baselt between...

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...

Jephtha (HWV 70) is an oratorio (1751) by George Frideric Handel with an English language libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, based on the story of Jephtha...

Acis and Galatea (HWV 49) is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay. The work has been variously described as a serenata...

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

(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...

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...