The inexplicably satisfying art of Thomas Albdorf. COURTESY OF PLATFORM GALLERY
‘Semele‘
(OPERA) Through March 7, McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St)
Lavish costumes! People painted blue! Sensual fabric everywhere! Greek mythology is so fucking awesome! In Handel’s operatic version of events, Semele (the mother of Dionysus) is a human woman who has an affair with the god Jupiter. This is a terrible idea, because Jupiter’s hot-tempered badass of a wife, Juno, will have her revenge…
