Organization

Singer

Soprano

Grace Davidson

Galatea

Countertenor

Jeremy Budd

Acis

Tenor

Mark Dobell

First Damon

Oscar Golden Lee

Coridon

Bass

Stuart Young

Polyphemus

The Sixteen

West Green House Opera

English

Acis and Galatea

Hook

United Kingdom

West Green House Gardens

Theatre on the Lake

Acis and Galatea Händel

Public

Approved

The Sixteen is recognised as one of the world’s greatest ensembles and a total commitment to the music it performs is its greatest distinction. Famed for its interpretations of some of Handel’s most loved works, The Sixteen perform his pastoral opera – a tale of love, tragedy and liberation. The libretto by John Gay, tells of the eternal love between the mortal shepherd Acis and goddess Galatea and how it is doomed by the jealous cyclops Polyphemus.

Handel’s music beautifully demonstrates the pain and love in such beautiful, dramatic choruses as ‘Wretched lovers!’ and the grief felt by Galatea in ‘Must I my Acis still bemoan’.

Five singers and nine instrumentalists without a conductor feature in this intimate concert, identical to the musical forces Handel used at its premiere in 1718.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Co-Producer