ACIS AND GALATEA
Jane Glover, conductor
Friday, October 16, 7:30 PM
Harris Theater, Chicago
(Millennium Park)
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30
Sunday, October 18, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Evanston
Ticket Prices: $60, $45, $38
A Free Pre-Concert Lecture will be
presented by Peter Van De Graaff at 6 PM before the Harris concert at the Chicago Cultural Center, and at 6:30 PM before the Evanston concert in the church chapel.
This concert will be broadcast on WFMT 98.7 FM at 8 PM on February 12, 2010.
HEAR THE MUSIC
Part I, Acis and Galatea duet: "Happy we!"
Part II, Polyphemus aria: "O ruddier than the cherry"
Part II, Chorus: "Galatea, dry thy tears"
Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Orchestra
Christòpheren Nomura, Polyphemus
Part I is 47 minutes long; Part II is 57 minutes long.
Lyric Opera favorite Elizabeth Futral sings the title role in Handel’s delightful Acis and Galatea. Elegant, sensual, comic, and completely unique among Handel’s works for the stage, this “little opera” about the ill-fated love between a shepherd and a half-divine nymph unfolds with great beauty.
PROGRAM NOTES
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