Friday February 21 2025 8:00 p.m.
St. Stephen’s Church, 3 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere
Saturday February 22 2025 7:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
Sunday February 23 2025 4:00 p.m.
St. Mark’s Church, 1111 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco
Monday February 24 2025 7:00 p.m.
Davis Community Church, 412 C Street, Davis
The program will last approximately 1 hour & 45 minutes including one intermission.
From Greek mythology and Ovid’s Metamorphoses comes the bittersweet love story of Galatea, a sea-nymph, and Acis, a shepherd from Sicily. They fell madly in love, but the one-eyed cyclops Polyphemus, upon seeing the couple lying beside the sea, wanted Galatea for his own, crushing Acis with a boulder. Heartbroken but determined to not let their love die, Galatea transformed the defeated Acis into an immortal river spirit. Handel composed his beautiful pastoral opera, Acis and Galatea, during his first years in London, and it became his most often performed work during his lifetime. Famous for its exquisite arias, Jeffrey Thomas and a quartet of superlative singers will bring this treasure to life.
Acis
Galatea
Polyphemus
Damon
Corydon
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45 minutes prior to our "Discovery Series" performances, ticket holders can enjoy a free and informative lecture given by ABS musicians.
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