Semele Walk Sydney Festival 2013

Classical music and couture came together at Sydney Festival s headlining opera Semele Walk. Written by Georg Friedrich Händel, the opera is based on the Greek myth of Semele, mother of Dionysus. A story of excess, Semele s selfdestructive nature is relevant to the today s society in which we are faced with a destruction of our own making climate change. The cast were dressed in Vivienne Westwood Couture, referencing the style of Marie Antoinette with mini crinolines and dramatic hair and