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

Organization

Singer

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

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

"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, hAo 28 Beal 2021, Ó (2021/2021), Seoltóir Paul Gudwin, Zaryadye Hall, Moscow, Russia

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid