Semele
A selection of photos from our new Festival 2023 production of Handel's Semele.
Award-winning director Adele Thomas makes her Glyndebourne debut with the Festival’s first-ever staging of Semele.
Photographer: Richard Hubert Smith
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Joélle Harvey (Semele) and Stuart Jackson (Jove)
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Scene from Part I
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Juno (Jennifer Johnston) and Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen)
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Juno (Jennifer Johnston), Semele (Joélle Harvey) and Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards)
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Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen) and Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards)
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Semele (Joélle Harvey), (Stephanie Wake-Edwards) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Dancers
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Jove (Stuart Jackson)
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Somnus (Clive Bayley) and Iris (Samuel Mariño)
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Semele (Joélle Harvey)
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Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards) and Dancers
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Juno (Jennifer Johnston), Somnus (Clive Bayley) and Iris (Samuel Mariño)
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Semele (Joélle Harvey) and Jove (Stuart Jackson)
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Cadmus (Clive Bayley), members of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Dancers
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Iris (Samuel Mariño)
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Scene from Part I
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Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards), Cadmus (Clive Bayley) and Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen)
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Scene from Part I