← Jonathan Cooper
Scene 4. No. 64. Air (Jupiter): Ah, take heed what you press
Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company
Semele · 2007
Scene 4. No. 63. Accompagnato (Semele): Then cast off this human shape which you wear
Scene 4. No. 62. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): You'll grant what I require
Scene 4. No. 61. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): Speak, speak your desire - Accompagnato (Jupiter): By that tremendous flood, I swear
Scene 4. No. 60. Air (Semele): I ever am granting
Scene 4. No. 59. Recitative (Jupiter): O Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?
Scene 4. No. 58. Air (Jupiter): Come to my arms, my lovely fair
Scene 3. No. 57. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Rich odours fill the fragrant air
Scene 3. No. 56. Air (Semele): Thus let my thanks be paid
Scene 3. No. 55. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Be wise, as you are beautiful - Accompagnato (Juno): Conjure him by his oath
Scene 3. No. 54. Air (Semele): Myself I shall adore
Scene 3. No. 53. Recitative (Juno, Semele): Thus shap'd like Ino
Scene 2. No. 52. Air (Semele): My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed
Scene 1. No. 51. Duet (Juno, Somnus): Obey my will, thy rod resign
Scene 1. No. 50. Recitative (Juno, Somnus): My will obey, she shall be thine
Scene 1. No. 49. Air (Somnus): More sweet is that name
Scene 1. No. 48. Recitative (Iris, Juno): Dull God, canst thou attends the water's fall
Scene 1. No. 47. Air (Somnus): Leave me, loathsome light
Scene 1. No. 46. Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): Somnus, awake
ACT III. No. 45. Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto
Scene 4. No. 44. Chorus of Nymphs and Swains: Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays
Scene 4. No. 43. Duet (Ino & Semele): Prepare then, ye immortal choir
Scene 4. No. 42. Air (Ino): But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round
Scene 4. No. 41. Recitative (Semele. Ino): Dear sister, how was your passage hither?
Scene 3. No. 40. Air (Jupiter): Where'er you walk
Scene 3. No. 39. Recitative (Jupiter, Semele): By my command
Scene 3. No. 38. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: Now Love that everlasting boy invites
Scene 3. No. 37. Air (Jupiter): I must with speed amuse her
Scene 3. No. 36. Recitative (Semele, Jupiter): Ah me! / Why sighs my Semele?
Scene 3. No. 35. Chorus of Loves and Zephyrs: How engaging, how endearing
Scene 3. No. 34. Air (Semele): With fond desiring
Scene 3. No. 33. Recitative (Jupiter): You are mortal, and require
Scene 3. No. 32. Air (Jupiter): Lay your doubts and fears aside
Scene 3. No. 31. Recitative (Semele): Let me not another moment
Scene 2. No. 30. Air (Semele): O sleep, why dost thou leave me?
Scene 1. No. 28. Air (Juno): Hence, Iris, hence away - Scene 2. No. 29. Air (Cupid): Come, Zephyrus, come
Scene 1. No. 27. Recitative & Accompagnato (Juno, Iris): No more - I'll hear no more ... Awake Saturnia from thy lethargy!
Scene 1. No. 26. Air (Iris): There, from mortal cares retiring
Scene 1. No. 25. Recitative (Juno, Iris): Iris, impatient of thy stay
ACT II. No. 24. Sinfonia. Presto
Scene 4. No. 23. Air (Semele) and Chorus: Endless pleasure, endless love
Scene 4. No. 22. Chorus: Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King
Scene 3, 4. No. 21. Recit. (Cadmus, Athamas): Ah, wretched Prince - Accomp. (Cadmus): Wing'd with our fears - Recit. (Athamas, Ino): O prodigy - Scene 4. Recit. Cadmus): See, see, Jove's Priests
Scene 2. No. 20. Duet (Ino, Athamus): You've undone me / With my life I would atone
Scene 2. No. 19. Recitative (Ino, Athamus): Too well I see
Scene 2. No. 18. Air (Athamus): Your tuneful voice my tale would tell
Scene 2. No. 17. Recitative (Athamus): She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity
Scene 2. No. 16. Air (Ino): Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes