About the Performance
The divine power of love to defeat mortality inspired Handel to write this pastoral work of great lyricism, telling the story of Galatea, a semi-divine nymph, and her love for the shepherd Acis. Acis and Galatea was Handel's most widely performed dramatic work during his lifetime and remains one of his most popular and enduring, with passion filled arias such as I rage, I melt, I burn.
'best of all, at the heart of the performance, was McGegan himself... with the kind of energy that dazzles and delights.' BBC Music Magazine
Supported by The Stevenson Charitable Trust