RMP presents Handel's "Acis & Galatea"
Schedule
Sat May 02 2026 at 05:00 am to 07:00 am
UTC+10:00Location
The Assembly Hall, 156 Collins Street, Melbourne | Melbourne, VI
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RMP presents Handel's pastoral opera "Acis & Galatea"THREE PERFORMANCES:
Saturday 2 May 3pm (Assembly Hall Melbourne)
Sunday 3 May at 3pm (Ballarat Central Uniting Church)
Tuesday 5 May at 8pm (Assembly Hall Melbourne)
TICKETS now on sale: www.rmp.org.au
Handel’s “Acis & Galatea” was the pinnacle of pastoral opera in England. Indeed, several writers, such as musicologist Stanley Sadie, consider it the greatest pastoral opera ever composed.
The story tells of the love between the mortal Acis and the sea-nymph Galatea; when the jealous cyclops Polyphemus kills Acis, the sea-nymph Galatea transforms her lover into an immortal river spirit. The music of the first act is both elegant and sensual, while the final act takes on a more melancholy and plaintive tone, and provides the listener with some of Handel’s most beautiful music.
Conductor Andrew Wailes directs an exciting cast of outstanding soloists in these three performances, with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. Presented in the intimate venues of the Assembly Hall in Melbourne and the Ballarat Central Uniting Church.
Andrew Wailes (Conductor)
Lily Flynn (Galatea) soprano
Timothy Reynolds (Acis) tenor
Alastair Cooper-Golec (Damon) tenor
Nicholas Dinopoulos (Polyphemus) bass-baritone
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra
Stefan Cassomenos (Harpsichord)
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