- Sémélé
Sémélé is an
opera byMarin Marais first performed onApril 9 1709 . The opera is in the form of a "tragédie en musique " with five acts and a prologue.Marais's opera has been published in a modern performing score by France's Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, and the full opera was due to be given in Europe during the 2006 summer festival season.
A more well-known oratorio with the same title was later written by
George Frideric Handel . Earlier, another opera, again with the same title, had been composed by John Eccles to a libretto byWilliam Congreve .Roles and role creators
*Apollon,
tenor (haute-contre ) Beaufort
*Sémélé,soprano Françoise Journet
*Dorine, soprano Marie-Catherine Poussin
*The grand priestess of Bacchus, soprano Dun
*Junon,mezzo-soprano Françoise Dujardin
*Adraste, tenor (haut-contre) Jacques Cochereau
*Jupiter,baritone Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard
*Mercure, baritone Jean Dun "pére"
*Cadmus, grand priest of Bacchus, baritoneCharles Hardouin
*First shepherdess, soprano Aubert
*Second shepherdess, soprano Daulin
*Third shepherdess, soprano BoiséRecordings
A recording of the work under the direction of
Hervé Niquet was published by the firm Glossa [http://www.shannonmercer.com/semele.htm] .A recording of instrumental music from the opera, performed by Wieland Kuijken and Montréal Baroque, was to be released in late 2006.
ources
* [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=9&Mese=04&Anno=1709&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac]
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