A quarter of a century ago, Mark Morris made a dance out of Handel’s oratorio “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.” Now he’s taken on the Handel opera “Acis and Galatea,” the composer’s most ...

A phenomenally endearing production, Opera Holland Park’s staging of Handel’s beloved Acis and Galatea is a smashing success that finds just the right balance between musical finesse and ...

Imagine, if you can, sitting in crisply-pressed linen, sipping a perfectly chilled strawberry mojito wafted to your sidewalk table by a ravishing server, as you listen to the murmur of leaves without ...

Opera Atelier’s production of G. F. Handel’s Acis and Galatea was a fun and fresh take on an opera that has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1718. Handel referred to it as his “little opera.” ...

The 1718 iteration of Handel’s Acis and Galatea dates from exactly the same musical moment as the Four Seasons. In Italy, Handel had first sketched a version of this tale from Ovid’s Metamorphosis, in ...

St John’s Smith Square; Royal Festival Hall, London; Symphony Hall, Birmingham It was a week of truly fragrant Handel, some exhilarating new music and a notable debut Opera houses in the 18th century ...