Across the Universe

Love, betrayal, and desire. Comedy and tragedy. Gods and men. The universal stories of humankind are not limited to a singular culture or era. Ovid's "Metamorphoses" incorporated resonant themes of Greek life. Centuries later, Ovid's work inspired Georg Friedrich Handel's eighteenth-century creation, the three-act opera "Semele." In 2010, this same opera will find a new audience in Shanghai. The first full-scale Baroque opera production to reach China, "Semele" is a passion project for Lady Linda Wong Davies and the KT Wong Foundation.