Classical Notes: Impressive line-up for Opera Theatre Co’s Handel hoedown

This was a splendidly entertaining reimagining by director Tom Creed

Eamonn Mulhall and Susanna Fairbairn in Acis And Galatea

Acis and Galatea

Opera Theatre Company

Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin

Opera Theatre Company has a serious pedigree in Handel repertoire and down the years it has shown an adventurous spirit in converting the noble Prussian’s mythological meanderings to modern taste.

But even Handel would have thrown his wig out the window had he realised his beloved Acis and Galatea would eventually end up in the setting – albeit staged – of an Irish ...