Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
semble . - noun In classical mythology, the mother of Bacchus, by Zeus (Jupiter).
- noun In conchology, a genus of bivalves, regarded by some as typical of the family Semelidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
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Examples
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"O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" from Semele is a touchstone of bittersweet.
Archive 2009-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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"O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" from Semele is a touchstone of bittersweet.
Spend some time and rock a rhyme / I said, It's not that easy Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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(The singer is currently starring as Handel's "Semele," with conductor William Christie, at Vienna's Theater an der Wien, in a Robert Carsen production originally seen in Zurich.)
Bartoli's new Whit 2010
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"Semele" stages Handel's opera based on a Greco-Roman myth, staged by Chinese artist Zhang Huan and conducted by Christophe Rousset, leading Les Talens Lyriques orchestra.
Time Off in Europe 2009
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She has recorded 15 complete operas, mostly by Mozart and Rossini, most recently Handel's "Semele" and Bellini's "La Sonnambula."
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"Semele" (1744) is slam-dunk Handel, full of hit tunes ( "Where e'er you walk" and "Endless pleasure, endless love" are just two of them), a libretto by the playwright William Congreve, and a witty, rather risqué love story that, as is always the case with Handel, is expressed in profoundly moving music.
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Sex, power, ambition, marital infidelity: Such timeless subjects make "Semele" a prime candidate for updating.
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For "Semele," Opera Boston teamed up with Boston Baroque, a local historical-performance orchestra and chorus, and its conductor, Martin Pearlman.
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In fact, just about everybody seemed miscast all evening, except during the one bright spot, a duet from "Semele" where the conductor Patrick Summers finally led the orchestra in a reading that didn't sound like it was the first time they'd played it together.
The Adler Fellows Concert sfmike 2008
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In fact, just about everybody seemed miscast all evening, except during the one bright spot, a duet from "Semele" where the conductor Patrick Summers finally led the orchestra in a reading that didn't sound like it was the first time they'd played it together.
Archive 2008-12-01 sfmike 2008
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