tracks

Sinfonia (Presto)
Chorus: Oh, The Pleasure Of The Plains
Accompagnato (Galatea): Ye Verdant Plains
Air (Galatea): Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Quire
Air (Acis): Where Shall I Seek The Carming Fair
Recitative (Damon): Stay, Shepherd, Stay
Air (Damon): Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing
Recitativ (Acis): Lo! Here My Love
Air (Acis): Love In Her Eyes Sits Playing
Recitative (Galatea): Oh! Didst Thou Know The Pains Of Absent Love
Air (Galatea): As When The Dove
Duet (Galatea, Acis): Happy We)
Chorus: Wretched Lovers
Accompagnato (Polyphemus): I Rage
Air (Polyphemus): O Ruddier Than The Cherry
Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea): Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running
Air (Polyphemus): Cease To Beauty To Be Suing
Air (Damon): Would You Gain The Tender Creature
Recitative (Acis): His Hiddeous Love
Air (Acis): Love Sounds Th'alarm
Air (Damon): Consider, Fond Shepherd
Recitative (Galatea): Cease, Oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth
Trio (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus): The Flocks Shall Leave The Mountains
Accompagnato (Acis): Help, Galatea
Chorus: Mourn, All Ye Muses
Galatea, Chorus: Must I My Acis Still Bemoan
Recitative (Galatea): 'Tis Done
Air (Galatea): Heart, The Seat Of Soft Delight
Chorus: Galatea, Dry Thy Tears
Curtain Calls And Credits
Illustrated Synopsis
Staging 'Acis And Galatea'

notes

© 2009. Blu-ray © 2010.
Recorded on 8 April 2009
Total time: aprox. 110 minutes.

Video format: 16:9
Audio formats: LPCM Stereo, DTS Surround
Regions: All zones.
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish.

Made in The UK.

credits

Booklet Editor – Charlotte De Grey
Cello [Continuo] – Andrew Skidmore
Chorus – The Royal Opera Extra Chorus,
Chorus Master – Stephen Westrop
Composed By – George Frideric Handel,
Concertmaster [Leader] – Kati Debretzeni
Conductor – Christopher Hogwood
Coordinator [Production] – Chloe Carleton
Coordinator [Publication] – Elle De La Mare
Design [BD], Authoring, Engineer [Encoding] – Lauretta Horrocks
Design [Packaging] – Smith & Gilmour
Directed By [Assistant], Choreography [Assistant] – Laïla Diallo
Directed By, Choreography – Wayne McGregor (2)
Executive-Producer [BD] – Roland Ott
Harpsichord [Continuo] – Julian Perkins
Libretto By – Alexander Pope, John Gay, John Hughes (34)
Lighting [Design] – Lucy Carter
Liner Notes – Andrew V. Jones
Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Organ [Chamber Organ, Continuo] – Steven Moore (29)
Producer [BD] – James Whitbourn
Set Designer – Hildegrad Bechtler
Soloist [Chorus Soprano] – Juliet Schiemann
Soloist [Chorus Tenor] – Philip Bell (3)
Theorbo [Continuo] – Jan Čižmář
Vocals [Acis] – Charles Workman
Vocals [Coridon] – Ji-Min Park
Vocals [Damon] – Paul Agnew (2)
Vocals [Galatea] – Danielle de Niese
Vocals [Polyphemus] – Matthew Rose (3)

companies

Recorded At – Royal Opera House
Copyright (c) – Opus Arte
Copyright (c) – Royal Opera House
Pressed By – Sony Music – A0101511600-A911
Pressed By – Sony Music

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