Acis i Galatea by Händel, od (2022/2022), W reżyserii Rebecca Choate Beasley, Dyrygent Eric Taeyang Mun, AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas, Stany Zjednoczone

Music by: G.F. Handel (1685-1759) Libretto by: John Gay (1685-1732) Music Director: Eric Taeyang Mun Stage Director: Rebecca Choate Beasley Set Design: Zac Elliot & Melissa Dickson CAST Acis: Alex Longnecker^ Galatea: Gitanjali Mathur^ Polyphemus: Joseph Canuto Leon^ Damon: Nicholas Garza ^company debut Run time: 1 hour and 45 minutes including intermission Sung in English with English supertitles HISTORY Acis & Galatea received its premiere in 1718 in the gardens at Cannons as a one act pastorale, or semi-opera, with a cast of only 5 singers. It was later revived by Handel in 1732 for the Italian troupe in London, and again in 1739 with changes to the original version, creating the two act English version known today. This opera became Handel’s only stage work to never leave the opera repertory, and in 1788 Mozart rescored the work for his patron. The story is drawn from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and tells the story of the shepherd Acis, and his love, the nymph Galatea.