Description
Eccles, John: Semele
Ref
MB76
Categories
Collected Editions
,
Musica Britannica
,
Operas, Odes & Oratorios
,
Vocal & Opera
By
John Eccles
Edited by Richard Platt
First published in 2000.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardback
Dimensions (mm): 330 x 254 x 23
Weight: 1.437kg
An all-sung English opera that was completed in 1707 but which received its first London production only in 1972,
Semele
remains one of the great ‘might have beens’ of British music. Had it taken the stage as planned it could well have affected the development of English opera by showing that a native form, in spirit Purcellian and English rather than Italian, was indeed perfectly viable during the 18th century.
The full performing material for this opera is
available for rental
.
