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Acis and Galatea " review by Kate Kellaway

Wigmore Hall, London W1Even with Handel's wretched lovers at their lowest ebb, this was a concert to be treasuredThe Early Opera Company's sparkling concert performance of Handel's 1718 opera Acis and Galatea, based on Book XIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses and directed from the harpsichord by Christian Curnyn, was a tonic. Even when the lovers are at their lowest ebb " and even after Acis is no more " anguish is harmonio…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05PM on November 30, 2013

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