Handel’s Semele

Saturday November 7 @ 7:00pm

Bloomington/Normal Performance Location

First United Methodist Church of Normal

211 N. School Street

Normal, Il 61761

Be dazzled by Semele, Handel’s sensuous drama of desire, ambition, and self-delusion, in a first-time collaboration between BACH and MIOpera, Central Illinois' premiere professional opera company.

MIOpera will provide stunning costumes, innovative staging, and breathtaking soloists to tell the witty but tragic story. BACH will supply the dramatic choruses, with orchestral accompaniment.

Highlights include Jupiter’s iconic "Where'er you walk," Semele's glittering "Endless pleasure," and her virtuosic "Myself I shall adore," a showstopping aria of self-obsession — remarkably relevant in the age of the selfie.

Presented in Normal on November 7 at 7:00 pm, and in Champaign on November 8 at 3:30 pm.

TICKETS

General Admission
$25 adults / $10 students