Artist

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Conductor

Leonardo García Alarcón

Singer

Soprano

Julie Roset

Galatea

Countertenor

Mark Milhofer

Acis

Bass

Staffan Liljas

Polyphemus

Ana Vieira Leite

Cloris

Contralto

Leandro Marziotte

Filli

Tenor

Valerio Contaldo

First Damon

Fabio Trümpy

Coridon

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Maison de la Radio et de la Musique

Matthieu Heim

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Acis and Galatea

Paris

France

Auditorium de Radio France

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Acis and Galatea Händel

Under the direction of Leonardo García Alarcón, the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France ventures into the repertoire of Handel's operas. On the program: Acis et Galatea , a pastoral which performs a brilliant synthesis of English and Italian styles, with da capo arias and an important contribution required from the choirs. The argument comes from the Metamorphosesby Ovide, who had already inspired Lully to write an opera (1686), and boldly mixes comedy and tragedy. She gradually erases the transparent lightness of the landscapes of Arcadia, where the shepherds Acis and Galatea flourish, in favor of darker, more worried atmospheres, until the rediscovered serenity of the end, when Galatea, in mourning , abandons himself to peace by making the corpse of his beloved a spring that flows through the grove.

Acis and Galatea by Händel, From (2022/2022), Conductor Leonardo García Alarcón, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France

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