Not only is this Cecilia Bartoli's first DVD opera for Decca in 12 years (since Rossini's La Cenerentola), it is also her first opera singing in English.
Semele is presented in Robert Carsen's stylish modern dress production, originally seen in London, and most recently staged at the Zurich Opera in 2007.
The drama tells of the ambition of the beautiful mortal, Semele, who, not satisfied with being Jupiter's mistress, strives with fatal results to supplant Jupiter's wife, Juno.
ARTISTS
- Semele: Cecilia Bartoli
- Ino: Liliana Nikiteanu
- Juno: Birgit Remmert
- Iris: Isabel Rey
- Jupiter/Apollo: Charles Workman
- Cadmus/Somnus: Anton Scharinger
- Athamas: Thomas Michael Allen
- Orchestra "La Scintilla"
- William Christie, conductor