Our rescheduled performance date is Saturday, Feb. 17, 7pm, at Emmanuel Church Great Hall in Baltimore. Help us reach our funding goal!

Opera Henriette, a new Baltimore-based professional Concert Baroque Opera group, seeks to introduce the public to the delights of early opera. In this project, we present a live performance of a work that was groundbreaking in the infancy of musical theatre in the English-speaking world and that has left an indelible impression on much of the musical theatre world ever since. In such a performance, as well as an informal historical introduction, there is a valuable experience of education as well as pure delight.

Composed in 1717, at a time that the composer’s star was rising dramatically, Acis and Galatea is Handel’s first opera in English and regarded by historians as a landmark work from opera’s early years. It is based on an ancient Roman mythological tale of the bliss of young love and tragedy borne of jealousy. 

All contributions will go directly to support the performers and expenses of the production.  All of Opera Henriette’s performers are world-class level professionals, and we wish to support them at the level we feel they deserve for this demanding pursuit.  We are happy to recognize our donors with a listing in the performance programe, and we offer access to “preferred seating” for the first 10 to donate $50 or more, and a special ‘thank you’ video for donors of $100 or more.

The performers 

The all-professional team of musicians includes music director Ted Davis, who brings decades of experience as performer and conductor, singers who boast stellar résumés, including graduate degrees from the Peabody Conservatory (Claire Galloway as Galatea, Andrew Sauvageau as Acis, Opal Clyburn-Miller as Damon, Corbin Phillips as Polyphemus, and Julie Bosworth as Shepherdess), and skilled orchestra players performing on period instruments (Annie Loud and Leslie Nero, violins; Sarah Weiner, oboe; Lori Barnett, cello).