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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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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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