Pastoral opera in 2 acts.
Extra features include: illustrated synopis ; cast gallery ; Staging Acis and Galatea.
"A Royal Opera House/Opus Arte co-production"--Container.
Program notes in English, German and French (25 p. : col. ill.) in container.
Assistant director and choreographer, Laila Diallo ; designs, Hildegard Bechtler ; lighting design, Lucy Carter ; film director, Jonathan Haswell ; film & DVD producer, James Whitbourn ; DVD executive producer, Roland Ott.
Danielle de Niese (Galatea) ; Charles Workman (Acis) ; Paul Agnew (Damon) ; Matthew Rose (Polyphemus) ; Ji-Min Park (Coridon) ; Julian Perkins, harpsichord ; Jan Čižmář, theorbo ; Andrew Skidmore, violoncello ; Steven Moore, chamber organ ; Dancers of the Royal Ballet (Lauren Cuthbertson (Galatea) ; Edward Watson (Acis) ; Steven McRae, Melissa Hamilton (Damon) ; Paul Kay (Coridon)); The Royal Opera Extra Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.
Recorded in performance Apr. 8, 2009, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London .
DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
Sung in English, with subtitles in English, French, German or Spanish.
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