Semele: Komische Oper Berlin
About the Event
Experience Handel's famous opera about seduction and jealousy at the Komische Oper in Berlin.
Elsa Benoît takes on the role of Semele opposite Stuart Jackson's Jupiter. Although Handel's opera was frowned upon by his contemporaries, it is one of the most popular Baroque operas today.
Cast / Production
Cadmus, King of Thebes — Philipp Meierhöfer
Semele, his daughter — Elsa Benoît
Ino, her sister — Carmen Artaza
Athamas, Prince of Bœotia — Carlo Vistoli
Jupiter, king of the gods — Stuart Jackson
Juno, his wife — Ezgi Kutlu
Iris, her confidante — Josefine Mindus
Somnus, God of sleep/Priest — David Shipley
Chorus — Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
