Acis and Galatea
Play by: George Frederic Handel (Libretto by John Gay, Alexander Pope)
Presented by: Classical Music Consort
Rating: NNNN
Venue 5: FACTORY THEATRE MAINSPACE
Director/designer Patrick Young mixes baroque conventions and 21st century technology in this hauntingly effective version of Handel’s opera. Ashiq Aziz gets gorgeous sounds from his original instrument-playing orchestra and a fine crop of singers, while Young’s staging and a video backdrop add layers of dramatic subtext.
