Read our review of Handel's *Semele*, directed by Oliver Mears, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 18 July. Read more theatre reviews on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

Oliver Mears’s production offers a grisly interpretation of the doomed love story between Jupiter and a mere mortal ...

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