Myself I shall adore from the ’musical drama’ Semele, HWV 58
by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn
Myself I shall adore,
If I persist in gazing;
No object sure before
Was ever half so pleasing.
CD available from Chandos:
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Art in the video:
[0:24] Frank Dicksee (1853-1928)
[0:48] John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
[1:32] Nicolas Régnier (1591-1667)
[2:36] Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933)
[2:58] Eugene de Blaas (1843-1932)
[4:02] Frederick Sandys (1829-1904)
[4:38] Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933)
[5:22] Godefridus Schalcken (1643-1706)