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    Semele (/ˈsɛmɪli/; Ancient Greek: Σεμέλη, romanized: Semélē), or Thyone (/ˈθaɪəni/; Ancient Greek: Θυώνη, romanized: Thyṓnē) in Greek mythology, was the...
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    aria "Where'er you walk". The work fuses elements of opera, oratorio and classical drama. Semele was presented during Lent, one of Handel's regular oratorio...
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    Semele is an opera by John Eccles, written in about 1706 with a libretto by William Congreve drawing on the Semele myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It forms...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire. Other English language...
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  • 1744 Semele (Handel). Originally performed as an oratorio, Semele's dramatic qualities have often led to the work being performed on the opera stage...
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  • El estrago en la fineza, Júpiter y Semele is a Spanish-language zarzuela opera by Antonio de Literes to a libretto by José de Cañizares, premiered 9 May...
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  • (Handel's Semele), Opera North (Handel's Saul), Grange Park Opera (Semele, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and Cavalli's Eliogabalo) and Garsington Opera (Die...
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    composed four Lullian-style operas: Alcide (1693), Ariane et Bacchus (1695), Alcyone (1706) and Sémélé (1709). After Lully's operas, and because of the French...
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