Acis and Galatea

Archive Listings for Acis and Galatea

T144043853 (ROH09) New Production.Producer Royal Opera. Choreographer Wayne McGregor. Design Hildegard Bechtler. Conductor Christopher Hogwood. Company Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performer Charles Workman (Acis). Performer Danielle de Niese (Galatea). Performer Matthew Rose (Polyphemus). Performer Paul Agnes (Damon). Performer Ji-Min Park (Coridon).
31 Mar 09 to 20 Apr 09	Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01673746436
T02075065132 (WILTON08) Director Netia Jones. Design Netia Jones (video). Conductor Christian Curnyn. Performer Sinead Campbell (Galatea). Performer Nicholas Watts (Acis). Performer Nathan Vale (Damon). Performer Jonathan Brown (Polyphemus).
22 Mar 08 to 25 Mar 08	Wilton's Music Hall, Inner London :: V1165 listing details L1572828927
T056885399 (ROYSCOT04) Conductor Christian Curnyn. Director Johnathan Cocker.
3 May 04 to 8 May 04	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), Glasgow :: V1877914677 listing details L1770440200
T70559498 (WCMD02) Students present a complete performance, in English, of this baroque masterpiece.Director Andrew Wilson-Dickson.
5 Dec 02	Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (WCMD)/Raymond Edwards Building/Anthony Hopkins Centre, Cardiff :: V01146970443 listing details L0344995379
T01322847727 (NEWKENR02) Company New Kent Opera. Company Kent Opera Baroque Ensemble. Conductor Caroline Balding (harpsichord). Director Tim Carroll.
13 Apr 02 to 20 Apr 02	Theatre Royal, Margate :: V685 listing details L1814139984
T01696684043 (WIG00) Music Handel. Company The Early Opera Company. Conductor Christian Curnyn. Performer Christopher Saunders (Acis). Performer Geraldine McGreevy (Galatea). Performer Rodrigo De Pozo (Damon). Performer Dean Robinson (Polyphemus).
31 Mar 00	Wigmore Hall, Inner London :: V01709318027 listing details L01614259665
Other listings
28 Aug 96 to 1 Sep 96	BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), Inner London :: V168 listing details L640624496

Details

Opera or Operetta :: A great love story, the sea nymph Galatea's passion for her shepherd Acis turns from joy of the opening pastoral to dark despair as Acis is slain by Polyphemus. Acis and Galatea, with libretto by John Gay, was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (the name of the first theatre on the Royal Opera House site), in 1736. It received further performances in 1824 in the second Theatre Royal.

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