Organization

Singer

Bass

Steven Humes

Cadmus

Somnus

Contralto

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Athamas

Soprano

Jane Archibald

Semele

Mezzo-soprano

Allyson McHardy

Juno

Katherine Whyte

Iris

Tenor

William Burden

Jupiter

Conductor

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Stage director

Zhang Huan

Costume designer

Han Feng

Set designer

Canadian Opera Company

Toronto

Canada

Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre

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Acclaimed visual artist Zhang Huan blends a baroque aesthetic with the splendour of China using an actual 450-year-old Ming Dynasty temple as his canvas. May 9 to 26 at the Four Seasons Centre, 2012. 

Conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini, director and set designer Zhang Huan, costume designer Han Feng, and original lighting designer Wolfgang Göbbel.

Music for this video taken from the Deutsche Grammophon recording of Semele, 4357822. English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John Nelson, conductor. Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey and John Aler.
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Semele at the Canadian Opera Company

Semele by Händel, From (2012/2012), Directed by Zhang Huan,, Conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini, Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada

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