Semele

Mythology goes to church in New Zealand Opera's unique, site-specific staging of Handel's baroque masterpiece. This sensual story explores a love triangle between Jupiter, King of the Gods, his wife, the goddess Juno, and his lover, the mortal but overly ambitious princess Semele. This engrossing film of an in-the-round live performance showcases Handel's exquisitely lyrical music and presents a powerful story of ambition that is as relevant today as it was when written nearly three centuries ago.

• Rebecca TansleyDirector

• Emma PearsonSemele
• Amitai PatiJupiter/Apollo
• Sarah CastleJuno/Ino
• Paul WhelanCadmus/Somnus
• Stephen DiazAthamas
• Chelsea DolmanIris
• Sashe AngelovskiPriest