FULL @emele (Simmonds) Oxford 2021 Wise Rogers Scott Clark Smith

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: @emele  
• Composer: Simmonds Roger   
• Libretto: David Willcock    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera at Wheatley House, Wheatley, Oxford, England  
• Recorded: July 2021
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Jessica Wise, Naomi Rogers, Matthew Scott Clark, Aidan Smith, Beth Wischhusen, Megan Strachan, Anna McLachlan, Alex Haigh, Robbie Haylett
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Michael Norris  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  @Emele – a light opera, performed for the first time on 9th July 2021. This is a Simmonds and Willcock production as performed by the Oxfordshire Contempory Opera at Wheatley House, Wheatley.

  “@emele is a contemporary light hearted twist on Handel’s great Semele. A cheating government minister, an abandoned wife and a scheming press agent who turns on his boss: Sound familiar? Any similarity is entirely intentional.

  These are all characters in @emele, the first production since lockdown by Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera. The heroine is an Instagram influencer and her lover, Jupiter, is in disguise as a government minister who aims to be ‘King of the world’. His vengeful wife, Juno, and Mercury, the messenger God who becomes a Cummingsesque figure, conspire to twist the press and public opinion. Comedy, plotting and intrigue abound until Jupiter gets his come-uppance in a #metoo ending.”

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