Semele (1744)

Original id: 
12257
Start date: 
10 February 1744
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Oratorio-opera. Libretto - after Congreve (1706-07) and Alexander Pope's "Summer," revised by Newburgh Hamilton.
Media of production: 
Opera, musical and related genres
Companies:
Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Theogony Hesiod
Metamorphoses Ovid
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) 10 February, 1744
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 Book library 989 Hogwood 1984, pp. 51, 184, 194, 288 / Grove 1980, 8:118 / Keates 1985, pp. 251-53 / Fiske 1973, p. 203 / Nicoll 1959-66, 2:398

How to cite this production

Semele (1744), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12257 <28 March 2024>