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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
February 03 to 05, 2023: Events, concerts, exhibitions, flea markets and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
– Monika Rittershaus
Oper von Georg Friedrich Händel
Date details
- Date Friday, 19/May/2023 19:30 bis 23:05 (6 more dates)
- Venue Komische Oper Berlin
- Address Behrenstraße 55, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price from €54.35
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Part of:
Semele
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Allan Clayton (Jupiter), Nicole Chevalier (Semele) – Monika Rittershaus
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Nicole Chevalier (Semele), Katarina Bradić (Ino), Ezgi Kutlu (Juno) – Monika Rittershaus
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– Monika Rittershaus
Jupiter, the father of the gods, falls in love with Semele, the beautiful daughter of the king, just as she falls in love with him. Semele desires nothing more than to experience him in his true form: Only when he shows himself to her in all his divinity does she feel truly equal to him. Jupiter’s jealous spouse, Juno, only adds fuel to the fire of Semele’s ambition—but this leads her to ruin. The mortal Semele has nothing to protect her from Jupiter's searing presence. Semele must perish, while Jupiter goes on…
Barrie Kosky shows the gods to be just as entangled as human beings in the rules they have created for themselves, thus bringing gods and humans closer together.
3 h 30 min, intermission included
Barrie Kosky shows the gods to be just as entangled as human beings in the rules they have created for themselves, thus bringing gods and humans closer together.
3 h 30 min, intermission included
Artists/Collaborators: Alessandro Carletti (Licht), David Cavelius (Chöre), Barrie Kosky (Inszenierung), Natacha Le Guen de Kerneizon (Bühnenbild), N.N. (Musikalische Leitung), Carla Teti (Kostüme), Johanna Wall (Dramaturgie), N.N. (Cadmus, König von Theben), N.N. (Semele, seine Tochter), N.N. (Ino, ihre Schwester), N.N. (Athamas, Prinz von Böotien), N.N. (Jupiter, König der Götter), N.N. (Juno, seine Frau), N.N. (Iris, ihre Vertraute), N.N. (Somnus, Gott des Schlafes/Priester), Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin, Es spielt das Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin.
Runtime: Thu, 27/04/2023 to Tue, 06/06/2023
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