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Acis and Galathea
Creative direction: Anna Gadetska
Art direction, graphic and lettering design: Irina Kostyshina
Photography: Zhenia Perutska
Backstage photography: Konstantin Gomon
Model: Kateryna Levytska
Art direction, graphic and lettering design: Irina Kostyshina
Photography: Zhenia Perutska
Backstage photography: Konstantin Gomon
Model: Kateryna Levytska
is an opera by Georg Friedrich Händel, a take on the Ancient Greek tragic love story. In 2019, Open Opera Ukraine did a reimagining of this opera, combining historically informed performance with contemporary scenography.
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David Hockney
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David Hockney
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David Hockney
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Nikita Kravtsov
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Nikita Kravtsov
The opera's story is tightly connected with water: Galathea is a water nymph, Acis is a shepherd. In a new staging of the opera, Galathea becomes a flight attendant while Acis is a lifeguard on a beach. For the main visual Anna Gadetska, creative director of Open Opera, came up with the idea of a photoshoot in the water. Here are my sketches for the photoshoot. Above are style references, which feature David Hockney's paintings.
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Backstage process.
Photo: Konstantin Gomon
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Some photos from the photoshoot
All photography by Zhenia Perutska
All photography by Zhenia Perutska
Sketches of the concert poster
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