Early Opera Company - Handel - Semele. CD 2 (2008)

Исполнители:
Semele, HWV 58
first complete recording on period instruments
A musical theatrical entertainment in three acts
Based on a libretto by William Congreve
Edited by Clifford Bartlett

Mortals:
Semele, engaged to Athamus but in love with Jupiter - Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Ino, sister to Semele, in love with Athamus - Hilary Summers, contralto
Cadmus, King of Thebes, father of Semele and Ino - Brindley Sherratt, bass
Athamus, Prince of Bœotia, in love with Semele - Stephen Wallace, counter-tenor
Chorus of Priests and Augurs Chorus of Early Opera Company

Immortals:
Jupiter - Richard Croft, tenor
Juno, wife of Jupiter - Hilary Summers, contralto
Iris, confi dant of Juno - Gail Pearson, soprano
Somnus, God of Sleep - Brindley Sherratt, bass
Apollo - Richard Croft, tenor

Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs;
Chorus of Nymphs and Swains;
Attendants: Chorus of Early Opera Company

Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn, conductor.