Poems of Schiller
1st Period
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Poems by the German Classical poet Friedrich von Schiller from his first period (until 1785) in English translations by Edgar A. Bowring et al, including a verse drama of the Classical story of Semele and Zeus. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
Cast list for "Semele":
Juno: Krista Zaleski
Semele, Princess of Thebes: Jenn Broda
Zeus: Larry Wilson
Mercury: Sonia
Stage Directions: Alan Mapstone
Chapters
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| Hector and Andromache | 2:15 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Amalia | 1:35 | Read by nighthawks | |
| A Funeral Fantasie | 5:06 | Read by dksfreader | |
| Fantasie - To Laura | 4:38 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| To Laura at the Harpsichord | 2:05 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Group from Tartarus | 1:07 | Read by Lee Vogler | |
| Rapture - To Laura | 1:34 | Read by Jananiram | |
| To Laura (The Mystery of Reminiscence) | 4:10 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| Melancholy - To Laura | 7:52 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Infanticide | 8:50 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Greatness of the World | 1:53 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Fortune and Wisdom | 1:18 | Read by Kerry Adams | |
| Elegy on the Death of a Young Man | 7:03 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Battle | 5:41 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Rousseau | 1:01 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Friendship | 5:02 | Read by nighthawks | |
| Elysium | 2:08 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| The Fugitive | 2:32 | Read by Lee Vogler | |
| To Minna | 3:36 | Read by nighthawks | |
| The Flowers | 2:27 | Read by nighthawks | |
| The Triumph of Love (A Hymn) | 7:27 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| To a Moralist | 1:38 | Read by Kerry Adams | |
| Count Eberhard, the Groaner of Wurtemburg | 4:17 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| To the Spring | 1:13 | Read by Kerry Adams | |
| Semele | 36:46 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |