Photo gallery
Semele rehearsals
Here's a glimpse into the rehearsals for our new Festival 2023 production of Handel's Semele.
A selection of photos from rehearsals for our new Festival 2023 production of Semele.
Award-winning director Adele Thomas makes her Glyndebourne debut with the Festival’s first-ever staging of Semele.
Photographer: Richard Hubert Smith
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155534/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-6874.jpg)
Joélle Harvey (Semele) and Stuart Jackson (Jove)
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155540/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-7798.jpg)
Director Adele Thomas
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155537/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-7103.jpg)
Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Ino) and Joélle Harvey (Semele)
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155522/Copy-of-Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-6382.jpg)
Scene from Part III
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155530/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-6846.jpg)
Jennifer Johnston (Juno)
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155548/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-8319.jpg)
Stuart Jackson (Jove) and Joélle Harvey (Semele)
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155527/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-6460.jpg)
Scene from Part III
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155525/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-6017.jpg)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Athamas), dancers and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155543/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-8056.jpg)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Athamas), Clive Bayley (Cadmus/Somnus), dancers and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus
![](https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-prod-assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/04155546/Copy-of-Semele_reh290723_photoRichardHubertSmith-8194.jpg)
Joélle Harvey (Semele)
Semele is on stage FROM 23 July – 26 August