Semele (2009)

Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years and also her first opera in English Bartoli stars as Semele a role usually taken by a soprano in Handel s late opera which features such wellknown arias as Endless pleasure endless love Myself I shall adore and Oh sleep why dost though leave me Robert Carsen s stylish modern dress production hints at parallels with the problematic relationship between the late Princess Diana and the British Royal Family Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in January 2007