Semele

  • Movie
  • 2021
  • 2h 27m
  • Music
  • Drama

Mythology goes to church in New Zealand Opera's unique, site-specific staging of Handel's baroque masterpiece. This sensual story explores a love triangle between Jupiter, King of the Gods, his wife, the goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal but overly ambitious princess Semele. This engrossing film of an in-the-round live performance showcases Handel's exquisitely lyrical music and presents a powerful story of ambition that is as relevant today as it was when written nearly three centuries ago.

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Director
Rebecca Tansley
Starring
Emma Pearson, Amitai Pati, Sarah Castle, Paul Whelan

Cast

  • Emma Pearson

    Semele

  • Amitai Pati

    Jupiter/Apollo

  • Sarah Castle

    Juno/Ino

  • Paul Whelan

    Cadmus/Somnus

  • Stephen Diaz

    Athamas

  • Chelsea Dolman

    Iris

  • Sashe Angelovski

    Priest

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