Semele (1744)

Original id: 
12369
Start date: 
10 February 1744
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Opera (oratorio). Libretto - after Congreve (1707) and 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)
Metamorphoses Ovid
Theogony Hesiod
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.1 Book library 241 Grove 1980, 8:118 / Keates 1985, pp. 251-53 / Hogwood 1984, pp. 184, 288

How to cite this production

Semele (1744), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/12369 <14 May 2024>