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Encyclopedia > Semele (oratorio)

Semele is a secular oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The libretto was based on a work of William Congreve with additions by Alexander Pope, which drew on the Greek myth of Semele.


It was first performed in London in 1744.


Semele is performed regularly in concert halls and occasionally staged as an opera, but is not part of the standard operatic repertoire. There are a several recordings of it.


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Semele: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (1112 words)
When Semele became the lover of Zeus, Hera was enraged, and she coaxed Semele into asking to see the god in all his splendour.
Semele was a priestess of Zeus, and on one occasion was observed by Zeus as she slaughtered a bull at his altar and afterwards swam in the river Asopus to cleanse herself of the blood.
Semele was worshipped at Athens at the Lenaia, when a yearling bull, emblematic of Dionysus, was sacrificed to her.
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