Who's Who in Opera:
Somnus
Somnus (Handel: Semele). Bass. God of sleep. He puts Ino, Semele's sister, to sleep, so that Juno can impersonate her and influence Semele's behaviour with Jupiter. Created (1744) by Henry Reinhold.
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- Sleep
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- insomnia
- somnambulation
- Semele (opera)
- somnial
- somnolent
- Morpheus (in Greek Mythology, Roman mythology)
- soporific
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