Semele (G.F.Handel) | as Athamas | Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Name: Semele (G.F.Handel) | as Athamas | Dutch National Opera & Ballet
Start: 2026-01-25T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-25T17:00:00+01:00
Location: De Nationale Opera - Dutch National Opera

Schedule

Sun Jan 25 2026 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

De Nationale Opera - Dutch National Opera | Amsterdam, NH

G.F. Handel "Semele"
Dutch National Opera & Ballet
January 17, 20, 23, 25, 27 & 29, 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Description from Dutch National Opera website:
New production at Dutch National Opera
Opera after the manner of an oratorio, in three acts
Sung in English
Music - George Frideric Handel
Libretto - William Congreve
Musical direction - Emmanuelle Haïm
Stage direction - Claus Guth
Set design - Michael Levine
Costume design - Gesine Völlm
Lighting design - Michael Bauer
Video design - rocafilm
Choreography - Ramses Sigl
Dramaturgy - Yvonne Gebauer, Christopher Warmuth
Semele - Elsa Benoit
Athamas - Jakub Józef Orliński
Juno - Jasmin White
Jupiter - David Portillo
Cadmus / Somnus - Florian Boesch
Iris - Jessica Niles
Ino - Nadezhda Karyazina
Chief Priest of Juno - Jasurbek Khaydarov*
Dutch National Opera Studio
Le Concert d’Astrée
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper
Production of Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, in collaboration with Metropolitan Opera New York
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Event page:
https://www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-national-opera/2025-2026/semele
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Photo by Hugo Thomassen