Acis & Galatea

Music by George Frideric Handel

May 19, 2023, 7:30pm & May 20, 2023, 7:30pm

Join Eugene Opera in southern Europe for a romantic romp that transcends the ages. Fairies, nymphs and shepherds accompany you on a picture-perfect journey set in Roman Holiday-era Italy. But will romantic destiny be thwarted by a jealous giant or will love prevail? Handel's sparkling pastoral opera Acis and Galatea will charm you with tuneful melodies, delightful twists and turns of the plot, and Baroque music you know and love by this renowned composer.

With an English libretto by John Gay.

Duration: 90 minutes