Name: Handel’s Acis and Galatea
Start: 2023-07-23
End: 2023-07-23
Location: Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Organization

Conductor

Richard Egarr

Singer

Countertenor

Nicholas Mulroy

Acis

Soprano

Hera Hyesang Park

Galatea

Tenor

Isaiah Bell

First Damon

Bass

Dashon Burton

Polyphemus

Stage director

Aria Umezawa

Daniel Moody

Coridon

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Others

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale

Handel’s Acis and Galatea

Katonah

United States

Handel’s Acis and Galatea: Acis and Galatea Händel

Public

Acis and Galatea

Approved

Celebrated conductor and keyboardist Richard Egarr takes the helm as Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale's second Music Director in its history with the...

We’ve all been there … you (Galatea) are madly in love (with that hottie, Acis), when a jealous monster destroys your relationship with one smash of a boulder. Rather than mope about it, you use your magic powers to transform your (now deceased) lover into a beautiful fountain that flows eternally! This pastoral opera premiered in 1718 and remains one of Handel’s most popular dramatic works. Join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — recognized as “America’s leading historically informed ensemble” (The New York Times) — and some of opera’s most revered voices in this fully costumed presentation, surrounded by Caramoor’s serene gardens.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra 
Richard Egarr, conductor 

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Acis)  
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano (Galatea) 
Isaiah Bell, tenor (Damon) 
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Polyphemus) 
Daniel Moody, countertenor (ensemble)
 
Aria Umezawa, director

English

Handel’s Acis and Galatea by Händel, Sun 23 Jul 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Aria Umezawa,, Conductor Richard Egarr, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, United States

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