Handel’s delightful pastoral opera Acis and Galatea, with a witty text in English, has nymphs and shepherds, love and jealousy, and wonderful music and song. This fully staged production by Collegium Marianum and Buchty & Loutky is set in a Baroque puppet theatre, where the singers and puppets interact to Handel’s uplifting score played by the full orchestra. We are proud to offer this beloved Baroque jewel as the Festival’s first opera.