Organization

Singer

Soprano

Marie Lys

Galatea

Élodie Kimmel

Countertenor

Peter Gijsbertsen

Acis

Alexander Sprague

Jan-Willem Schaafsma

Bass

Christian Immler

Polyphemus

Marc Pantus

Tenor

Salomé Zangerl

First Damon

Falco van Loon

Coridon

Samuel Jenkins

Soloist

Martin Stevens

Berend Eijkhout

Cloris

Conductor

Frédérique Chauvet

Stage director

Julien Chavaz

Costume designer

Séverine Besson

Set designer

Lea Hobson

Lighting designer

Eloi Gianini

Translator

Toon van Wolferen

Performance director

Onno van Heerlien

Barokopera Amsterdam

Acis and Galatea

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Rotterdamse Schouwburg

Acis and Galatea Händel

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Approved

In serenades, operas or pop songs, Love has always fascinated mankind, including in eighteenth-century Europe. Acis & Galatea is a “pastoral opera”, at the crossroads of cantata, masque, opera and the later English oratorio. Handel's later work bears penetrating traces of the world of Henry Purcell, the maestro of England, Handel's second homeland.

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In theater season 16/17, BarokOpera Amsterdam was invited by the young Swiss company Opéra Louise in residence at Théâtre Equilibre-Nuithonie in Fribourg (CH). Director Julien Chavaz and conductor Frédérique Chauvet performed the opera in Switzerland, the Netherlands and France.

English

In serenades, opera’s of popsongs heeft de Liefde de mensheid altijd gefascineerd, zo ook in het Europa van de achttiende eeuw. Acis & Galatea is een “pastorale opera”, op het kruispunt van cantate, masque, opera en het latere Engelse oratorium. Händels latere werk draagt indringende sporen van de wereld van Henry Purcell, de maestro van Engeland, Händels tweede vaderland.

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In theaterseizoen 16/17 werd BarokOpera Amsterdam uitgenodigd door het jonge Zwitserse gezelschap Opéra Louise in residence bij Théâtre Equilibre-Nuithonie van Fribourg (CH). Regisseur Julien Chavaz en dirigent Frédérique Chauvet brachten de opera in Zwitserland, Nederland en Frankrijk.

Nederlands

Acis and Galatea by Händel, From (2017/2017), Directed by Julien Chavaz,, Conductor Frédérique Chauvet, Barokopera Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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