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Work: Acis and Galatea

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ComposerHandel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
PeriodBaroque
Year1718
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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AmbronayHaendel / Acis & GalatéeConcert performance

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Handel: Acis and Galatea
Leonardo García-Alarcón; Cappella Mediterranea; Hugo Hymas; Charlotte Boden; Fabio Trümpy

LondonAcis and GalateaConcert performance

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Handel: Acis and Galatea
Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Nick Pritchard; Mary Bevan; Samuel Boden; Edward Grint
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Authenticity and enjoyment in Dunedin Consort's Acis and Galatea

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Rachel Redmond is a sweet voiced Galatea in the Dunedin Consort's performance of the Cannons version of Acis and Galatea in Perth. 

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Acis and Galatea for the social media age

An intimate setting for the 18th-century work do from hell.
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An Irish pub setting for Acis and Galatea in Dublin

Ovid’s Metamorphosis (on which the episode of Acis and Galatea is based) set in an Irish pub? Cowboys in place of shepherds and a bartender instead of a nymph?
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