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Semele

Opera

Writers: George Frederic Handel William Congreve

Songs

Act 1

Scene 1

  • No. 1 Overture
  • No. 2 Recitative ‘Behold! Auspicious flames ariseâ€� - Priest (Cadmus)
  • No. 3 Chorus ‘Lucky omensâ€� - Chorus
  • No. 4 Recitative ‘Daughter, obeyâ€� - Cadmus, Athamas
  • No. 5 Recitative ‘Ah me! What refuge is now left me?â€� - Semele
  • No. 5 (cont.) Aria ‘O Jove! In pity teach meâ€� - Semele
  • No. 6 Aria ‘The morning larkâ€� - Semele
  • No. 7 Recitative ‘See, she blushing turns her eyesâ€� - Athamas
  • No. 8 Aria ‘Hymen, haste!â€� - Athamas
  • No. 9 Recitative ‘Alas! She yieldsâ€� - Ino, Athamas, Semele
  • No. 10 Quartet ‘Why dost thou thus untimely grieveâ€� - Cadmus, Ino, Athamas, Semele
  • No. 11 Chorus ‘Avert these omens, all ye powers!â€� - Chorus
  • No. 12 Recitative ‘Again auspicious flames ariseâ€� - Cadmus
  • No. 13 Recitative ‘Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores!â€� - Athamas, Semele
  • No. 14 Chorus ‘Cease, cease your vowsâ€� - Chorus

Scene 2

  • No. 15 Recitative ‘O Athamas, what torture has thou borne!â€� - Ino
  • No. 16 Aria ‘Turn, hopeless loverâ€� - Ino
  • No. 17 Recitative ‘She weeps!â€� - Athamas
  • No. 18 Aria ‘Your tuneful voice my tale would tellâ€� - Athamas
  • No. 19 Recitative ‘Too well I seeâ€� - Ino, Athamas
  • No. 20 Duet ‘You’ve undone meâ€� - Ino, Athamas

Scene 3

  • No. 21 Recitative ‘Ah, wretched princeâ€� - Cadmus, Athamas, Ino

Scene 4

Act 2

  • No. 24 Sinfonia

Scene 1

Scene 2

  • No. 30 Aria ‘Oh, sleep, why dost thou leave me?â€� - Semele

Scene 3

  • No. 31 Recitative ‘Let me not another momentâ€� - Semele
  • No. 32 Aria ‘Lay your doubts and fears asideâ€� - Jupiter
  • No. 33 Recitative ‘You are mortal and requireâ€� - Jupiter
  • No. 34 Aria ‘With hope desiringâ€� - Semele
  • No. 35 Chorus ‘How engaging, how endearingâ€� - Chorus
  • No. 36 Recitative ‘Ah meâ€� - Semele, Jupiter
  • No. 37 Aria ‘I must with speed amuse herâ€� - Jupiter
  • No. 38 Chorus ‘Now Love, that everlasting boyâ€� - Chorus
  • No. 39 Recitative ‘By my commandâ€� - Jupiter, Semele
  • No. 40 Aria ‘Where’er you walkâ€� - Jupiter

Scene 4

  • No. 41 Recitative ‘Dear sister, how was your passage hither?â€� - Semele, Ino
  • No. 42 Aria ‘But hark! The heavenly sphereâ€� - Ino
  • No. 43 Duet ‘Prepare then, ye immortal choir!â€� - Semele, Ino
  • No. 44 Chorus 'Bless the glad earthâ€� - Chorus

Act 3

Scene 1

  • No. 45 Introduction
  • No. 46 Recitative ‘Somnus, awake!â€� - Juno, Iris
  • No. 47 Aria ‘Leave me, loathsome light!â€� - Somnus
  • No. 48 Recitative ‘Dull god, canst thou attend the water’s fall?â€� - Iris, Juno
  • No. 49 Aria ‘More sweet is that nameâ€� - Somnus
  • No. 50 Recitative ‘My will obeyâ€� - Juno, Somnus
  • No. 51 Duet ‘Obey my will, thy rod resignâ€� - Juno, Somnus

Scene 2

  • No. 52 Aria ‘My racking thoughtsâ€� - Semele

Scene 3

  • No. 53 Recitative ‘Thus shaped like Inoâ€� - Juno, Semele
  • No. 54 Aria ‘Myself I shall adoreâ€� - Semele
  • No. 55 Recitative ‘Be wise, as you are beautifulâ€� - Juno, Semele
  • No. 56 Aria ‘Thus let my thanks be paidâ€� - Semele
  • No. 57 Recitative ‘Rich odours fill the fragrant airâ€� - Juno, Semele

Scene 4

  • No. 58 Aria ‘Come to my armsâ€� - Jupiter
  • No. 59 Recitative ‘Oh, Semele! Why art thou thus insensible?â€� - Jupiter
  • No. 60 Aria ‘I ever am granting, you always complainâ€� - Semele
  • No. 61 Recitative ‘Speak, speak your desireâ€� - Jupiter, Semele
  • No. 62 Symphony
  • No. 63 Recitative ‘You’ll grant what I require?â€� - Semele, Jupiter
  • No. 64 Aria ‘Ah, take heed what you press!â€� - Jupiter
  • No. 65 Aria ‘No, no I’ll take no lessâ€� - Semele

Scene 5

  • No. 66 Recitative ‘Ah, whither is she gone?â€� - Jupiter

Scene 6

  • No. 67 Aria ‘Above measure is the pleasureâ€� - Juno

Scene 7

  • No. 68 Recitative ‘Ah me! Too late I now repentâ€� - Semele

Scene 8

  • No. 69 Recitative ‘Of my ill-boding dreamâ€� - Ino
  • No. 70 Chorus ‘Oh, terror and astonishment!â€� - Chorus
  • No. 71 Recitative ‘How I was hence removedâ€� - Ino, Cadmus, Athamas
  • No. 72 Aria ‘Despair no more shall wound meâ€� - Athamas
  • No. 73 Recitative ‘See from above the bellying clouds descendâ€� - Cadmus

Final Scene

  • No. 74 Symphony
  • No. 75 Recitative ‘Apollo comes to relieve your careâ€� - Apollo
  • No. 76 Chorus ‘Happy, happy shall we beâ€� - Chorus

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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