Tuesday 29 October 2024, 7:30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
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Handel - Rinaldo HWV7 Overture
Handel - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo HWV72

Featuring:
Lucy Crowe, Soprano (as Aci)
Fleur Barron, Mezzo-soprano (as Galatea)
Luigi De Donato, Bass (as Poifemo)

David Bates and La Nuova Musica and an all star cast tackle Handel’s Italian cantata, first performed in Naples in 1708. Aci, Galatea and Polifemo has a similar plot to his better-known English serenata Acis and Galatea of 1718, but an almost entirely different score full of wonderful music. Aci lacks an overture, so that to Handel’s first London opera Rinaldo (1711) is co-opted for this occasion.