Wayne McGregor makes Handel horny and it's absolutely working.
The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera collaborate in Wayne McGregor's production of Handel and Gay's classic opera, in which the nymph Galatea falls in love with a shepherd named Acis.
Direction
McGregor's choreography makes bodies speak Handel's arias.
Production
Royal Opera House grandeur with modern physicality.
Director
Jonathan Haswell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Handel originally composed this as a masque in 1718; McGregor's 2009 production collapses 300 years of performance history into something aggressively contemporary.
The double-casting of singers AND dancers for each role means every performance is essentially two productions fighting for dominance — opera purists and ballet stans leave equally satisfied and frustrated.
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