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When the opera “Semele” opens Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the stage will hold some extra weight: two sumo wrestlers, totaling 700 pounds, and a 17-ton, 450-year-old temple. “Semele,” a ...

Opera Santa Barbara opens the new year with its third company premiere of the season: a 90-minute adaptation of Handel’s comedy “Semele,” set in Hollywood’s silent movie era. Performances take place ...

Semele has never before been staged in Amsterdam. In this opera, George Frideric Handel embraced the English tradition of narrative theatre, breaking away from Italian conventions. Drawing inspiration ...

LONDON — No opera is short of heartbreak, but in “Semele,” sorrow is wrapped in beautiful fabrics. The Handel opera from 1744 has been reimagined by Oliver Mears, the director of opera at the Royal ...