INTERNATIONALE HÄNDEL-FESTSPIELE KARLSRUHE GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL SEMELE Jennifer France • Ed Lyon • Katharine Tier • Terry Wey Deutsche Händel-Solisten conducted by Christopher Moulds Staged by Floris Visser GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL SEMELE Conductor Christopher Moulds Orchestra Deutsche Händel-Solisten Chorus Händel Festspielchor Chorus Master Carsten Wiebusch A fulminant opening of the International Handel festival Karlsruhe, Floris Visser’s staging of George Frideric Handel’s musical drama Semele brings Stage Director Floris Visser distinguished Handel specialists such as the Deutsche Händel-Solisten and the Händel Festspielchor together. Semele Jennifer France Jupiter Ed Lyon Labelled a piece “after the manner of an oratorio”, the dazzling Semele fuses Athamas Terry Wey elements of opera, oratorio and classical drama. Plot-wise, the German- Juno Katharine Tier British Baroque composer turned to Ovid’s Metamorphoses to tell the story of a mortal woman who is ruined by her obsession to belong to the Ino Dilara Baştar immortal gods: Princess Semele’s love for Jupiter, King of the gods, proves Iris Hannah Bradbury to be her downfall as Jupiter’s jealous wife plots against her, causing Jupiter Cadmus Edward Gauntt to kill Semele with his thunderbolts. Somnus Yang Xu Cupid Ilkin Alpay Handel clads rise and fall, love and jealousy in Baroque sounds, evoked by opulent choir movements. “An entertaining spectacle” (Badische Neueste Nachrichten), Visser’s captivating staging does justice to the dramatic plot. Video Director Sébastien Glas Conducted in a subtly nuanced and flawless manner Badische( Neueste Nachrichten) by Christopher Moulds, the Deutsche Händel-Solisten deliver Length: 175' a passionate and sophisticated interpretation of the Baroque composer’s Shot in HDTV 1080/50i music. Their production of Semele crowns the International Handel festival: Cat. no. A 050 50433 here “acting and score go hand in hand perfectly – a veritable opera event in Karlsruhe” (Die Deutsche Bühne). A production of Ozango in cooperation with Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, UNITEL, Classicall TV_M media and Szenik, with the support of CNC World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Falk von Traubenberg · Flyer: luebbeke.com Flyer: · Traubenberg von contractual Falk Different Photos: © territories credits · not rights · All reserved · Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.