Name: Acis and Galatea
Start: 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Zaryadye Hall

Organization

Countertenor

Guy Cutting

Acis

Bogdan Volkov

Soprano

Francesca Aspromonte

Galatea

Bass

Morgan Pearse

Polyphemus

Tenor

Hugo Hymas

First Damon

Conductor

Paul Gudwin

Others

Intrada Vocal Ensemble

Orchestra

Pratum Integrum

Zaryadye Hall

Acis and Galatea

Moscow

Russia

Acis and Galatea Händel

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

"Acis and Galatea" is called a pastoral, and an opera, and a mask, and a secular oratorio. This in itself says that the composition is different from all the mentioned genres. The libretto was written by John Gay, the future co-author of the composer Pepush on the notorious Beggar's Opera. The plot is borrowed from Ovid's Metamorphoses: a sea nymph is in love with the shepherd Acis, they are taken by surprise by the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus. Acis dies, but Galatea, with her magic, turns his blood into a river stream. The departure from the conditionally idyllic pastoral seems abrupt and unexpected: a comical monster in love commits a murder, a simple girl becomes a tragic heroine endowed with magical powers.  

Handel wrote Acis and Galatea in 1718, before he became a great Handel and national pride to the English, and even before he first took the post of director of the Royal Academy of Music. He was 33 years old, he was in the service of James Bridges, the future Duke of Chendos, and composed music for his house orchestra. It was not the first and not the last time Handel turned to the story of Acis and Galatea, but it was the 1718 edition, with some later changes, that became especially popular. A choir foreshadowing trouble, a trio in which two happy lovers do not hear the cries of Polyphemus, a wondrous aria of weeping Galatea - neither later operas nor oratorios overshadowed the beauty of this music. Abroad, this version of "Atsis" does not leave the scene, in Russia it still sounds relatively rare.

English

Acis and Galatea by Händel, From (2021/2021), Conductor Paul Gudwin, Zaryadye Hall, Moscow, Russia

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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