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
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
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.”