Semele (2021)

Director: Rebecca Tansley

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.

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