Photo gallery

Semele

A selection of photos from our new Festival 2023 production of Handel's Semele.

A selection of photos from 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

Joélle Harvey (Semele) and Stuart Jackson (Jove)

Scene from Part I

Juno (Jennifer Johnston) and Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen)

Juno (Jennifer Johnston), Semele (Joélle Harvey) and Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards)

Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen) and Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards)

Semele (Joélle Harvey), (Stephanie Wake-Edwards) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Dancers

Jove (Stuart Jackson)

Somnus (Clive Bayley) and Iris (Samuel Mariño)

Semele (Joélle Harvey)

Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards) and Dancers

Juno (Jennifer Johnston), Somnus (Clive Bayley) and Iris (Samuel Mariño)

Semele (Joélle Harvey) and Jove (Stuart Jackson)

Cadmus (Clive Bayley), members of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Dancers

 Iris (Samuel Mariño)

Scene from Part I

Ino (Stephanie Wake-Edwards), Cadmus (Clive Bayley) and Athamas (Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen)

Scene from Part I

SEMELE IS ON STAGE UNTIL 26 AUGUST 2023 AND DUE TO AUDIENCE DEMAND WE HAVE ADDED AN EXTRA PERFORMANCE ON MONDAY 21 AUGUST
You can also enjoy the production on Glyndebourne Encore – our streaming service – later this year.
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