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Acis et Galatee

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Pastorale heroique in three acts
Music by Lully edited by LIONEL SALTER
Libretto by JEAN CALBERT DE CAMPISTRON (sung in French)
A reduced version of Lully's last opera, presented in 1686 at a lavish entertainment in honour of the Dauphin of France. It was the first non-German opera to be produced in Hamburg, where Handel may have seen it.
BBC SINGERS
DAVID ROBLOU
(harpsichord continuo) SERENATA OF LONDON leader NONA LIDDELL conducted by LIONEL SALTER Acts 1 and 2 3.50* Lionel Salter talks about the Acis legend in music.
4.0* Acis et GalatCe Act 3
(Teresa Cahill broadcasts by permission of Covent Garden)

Contributors

Edited By:
Lionel Salter
Harpsichord:
David Roblou
Conducted By:
Lionel Salter
Talks:
Lionel Salter
Source: Radio Times

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