Händel: Semele

A fulminant opening of the International Händel Festival Karlsruhe, Floris Visser’s staging of Georg Friedrich Händel’s musical drama Semele brings distinguished Händel specialists such as the Deutsche Händel-Solisten and the Händel Festspielchor together. The “entertaining spectacle” (Badische Neueste Nachrichten) does justice to the dramatic plot, derived from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Conducted “subtly nuanced and flawlessly” (Badische Neueste Nachrichten) by Christopher Moulds, the Deutsche Händel-Solisten deliver a passionate and sophisticated interpretation of the Baroque composer’s music. In this Semele, “acting and score go hand in hand perfectly – a veritable opera event in Karlsruhe” (Die Deutsche Bühne).