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
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
Elizabeth Futral, Galatea
Thomas Cooley, Acis
Benjamin Butterfield, Damon
Christòpheren Nomura, Polyphemus
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.
