Handel: Acis and Galatea

Presented by Early Music Vancouver in partnership with the Chan Centre

The acclaimed Boston Early Music Festival staged production of Handel’s pastoral opera

Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, musical directors
The Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, Robert Mealy leader

The Boston Early Music Festival’s stunning period productions of baroque operas have become a must-see event for opera lovers from around the world. For its first appearance in Canada as part of the Early Music at the Chan series, the Festival presents the original 1718 chamber version of Handel’s beloved pastoral opera Acis and Galatea, led by musical directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, stage director Gilbert Blin, and costume designer Anna Watkins – and accompanied by the three-time Grammy-nominated Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble.

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