Acis and Galatea

G.F. Handel’s Acis and Galatea, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, portrays a story of love between a water nymph Galatea, her steadfast shepherd Acis, and an enraged Cyclops, Polyphemus. Join the ABO, Deanna Joseph, and the GSU Choral Artists.

Soloists:

Acis: Michaël Hudetz

Galatea: Margaret Carpenter Haigh

Polyphemus: Michael Galvin

Damon: Andréa Walker

G. F. Handel: Acis and Galatea

Locations & Times

November 14, 7:30 pm | Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

November 15, 3:00 pm | Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church

November 16, 3:00 pm | Lassiter Concert Hall

With the commencement of our 27th season, the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra is proud to announce the dedication of our concertmaster chair as the "Cathy Callaway Adams Concertmaster Chair" in honor of our devoted champion and tireless advocate, Ms. Cathy Adams. A driving force behind ABO's success for more than 20 years, Cathy has served as Board President on three separate occasions and held numerous leadership roles with superlative distinction. Through her generous personal support and exceptional fundraising efforts, she has been instrumental in securing the resources that sustain our mission. She remains an active participant in the fulfillment and presentation of our concerts, embodying the passion and commitment that have made the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra Atlanta's premier early music ensemble. We are deeply grateful for all she has done and continues to do to ensure ABO's organizational success and community impact.

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What people are saying about the ABO

“…For this listener the experience was of sitting in on a roomful of smart people, hearing one conversation here, then another there, but all of them within a single framework.”

- Earrelevant April 2024 - Concerti grossi

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- Music, dance tell doomed love story in Atlanta Baroque's “Dido & Aeneas”

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What you experience with early instruments is a little like going to an ethnic restaurant,” says Brent Wissick, who has played viola da gamba, an early form of the cello, with the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra for 14 years. “It’s food you know, but it’s an exciting new way of preparing and presenting it. It’s familiar, but completely new.”

- Brent Wissick, ABO musician

There’s something that’s more like popular music, folk or jazz, that you can hear sometimes in historical performance practice that you don’t hear so much in classical music.”

Nell Snaidas, ABO guest artist

METAMORPHOSIS 2025-2026

Acis and Galatea

Welcome to our 27th Season

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Acis and Galatea

Welcome to our 27th Season

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