Event listing: Handel: Acis and Galatea | Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House | Fri 28 Jun 2013 at 21:00

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Château de Versailles: Royal Opera HouseChâteau de Versailles, Versailles, Île-de-France, 78000, France

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Performers

The King's Consort
Robert King	Harpsichord
Sophie Junker	Soprano
Joshua Ellicott	Tenor
James Oxley	Tenor
David Wilson-Johnson	Bass

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Handel’s original version of Acis and Galatea was written in 1717–18 at Cannons, a stately home in Middlesex. Composed with light orchestration, it was not meant to be performed in an opera theatre, but rather in this private mansion.

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