

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Pinchgut Opera presents Semele by Handel 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Nov, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 26 Nov, 2026 at 12:00 pm (+11:00)
- **Event Description**: Seduction, ambition and divine consequence

Pinchgut Opera closes its season with a thrilling new staging of Handel’s Semele, a work of seductive beauty, dramatic intrigue, and dazzling vocal fireworks.

Nearly 25 years after Semele became the very first opera Pinchgut presented, its return is a celebration of how the company has evolved, and the ambition that continues to drive it forward. Acclaimed Australian director Neil Armfield, whose visionary productions of Platée (2021) and Julius Caesar (2024) were hailed as landmark achievements, now turns his insight and theatrical flair to Semele. The story is at once mythic and human: a mortal woman becomes the lover of Jupiter, king of the gods. Driven by her longing for immortality, she demands to see him in his true, divine form— a choice that seals her fate when Jupiter’s jealous wife,

Juno, intervenes. A powerhouse cast brings Handel’s richly drawn characters to life. Beloved Pinchgut artists Alexandra Oomens and Catherine Carby return after unforgettable past performances, joined by British tenor David Webb and countertenor Austin Haynes in their exciting Pinchgut debuts. Together with the emotional force of Cantillation and the Orchestra of the Antipodes, they create a performance of grandeur, intimacy, and colour.

Handel’s score brims with moments of rapture, wit, and aching beauty, charting a journey from ecstasy to ruin. In Semele, the line between desire and destruction has never sounded so thrilling, bringing the season to a spectacularly triumphant close.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sydney/pinchgut-opera-presents-semele-by-handel/200029760340556
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, art, fireworks, performances, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.pinchgutopera.com.au/shows/semele-2026?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=sydney-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Sydney
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: City Recital Hall, Sydney
- **lat**: -33.86696
- **long**: 151.20734
- **full address**: City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Pinchgut Opera (https://allevents.in/org/pinchgut-opera/1615145)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Nov, 2026 at 09:00 am (+11:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** City Recital Hall, Sydney, Australia
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Pinchgut Opera
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, art, fireworks, performances, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Pinchgut Opera presents Semele by Handel  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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