A quarter of a century ago, Mark Morris made a dance out of Handel’s oratorio “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.” Now he’s taken on the Handel opera “Acis and Galatea,” the composer’s most ...

Imagine, if you can, sitting in crisply-pressed linen, sipping a perfectly chilled strawberry mojito wafted to your sidewalk table by a ravishing server, as you listen to the murmur of leaves without ...

Arcadia, that mythical realm where shepherds and nymphs sport the days away, is a tricky place from a dramatic standpoint. Life there is an abstract pageant, in which nothing much happens except ...

A phenomenally endearing production, Opera Holland Park’s staging of Handel’s beloved Acis and Galatea is a smashing success that finds just the right balance between musical finesse and ...

There is an old beer commercial in which a bunch of dudes sit around a campfire drinking brews. One raises his bottle to the group and says, “Guys, this is a good as it gets.” For anyone who enjoys ...

One-act pieces tend to be doomed to lives of relative obscurity since it’s hard to find a companion piece for a full evening. Pairing Handel’s Acis and Galatea with Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas defies ...

Very few choreographers have the temerity, not to mention the talent, to choreograph and direct an opera. Then there’s Mark Morris, who has tackled 12 operas over his long, productive career. May ...