National Broadcast

Acis and Galatea & Apollo e Dafne

Presented by WFMT as the kick-off to the Summer Opera Series on June 12, 2021 at 12pm. Broadcast presented online and on the radio.

*Tenor Michael St. Peter performs in Acis and Galatea as Acis*

Haymarket Double-bill to Broadcast Nationally

From Milan to New York, Barcelona to Chicago, WFMT broadcasts performances from the finest stages around the world including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, the Swedish Royal Opera, and for the first time ever --Haymarket Opera Company!

Our acclaimed double-bill of Handel's Acis and Galatea and Apollo e Dafne will kick-off the Saturday Opera Series in a national broadcast on June 12, 2021 at 12pm. Tune in on the radio or listen online using the link below.

Hosted by Lisa Flynn, the broadcast will include interviews with general director Chase Hopkins, HOC founder and conductor Craig Trompeter, tenor Michael St. Peter (Acis), and soprano Erica Schuller (Dafne).

Tune in June 12, 2021 at 12pm

Thanks to our Broadcast Sponsors

Broadcast Sponsors: Greg O’Leary and Patricia Kenney and Resolution Studios

Original production art by painter Zuleyka V. Benitez

Acis and Galatea

by George Frideric Handel | 2021 Filmed Production Recording

MICHAEL ST. PETER | *Acis*

"The young tenor possesses a youthful, easily produced light tenor, which along with his sunny persona wholly conveyed the sincerity and guileless innocence of Acis. St. Peter’s ardent “Love in her eyes sits playing” was ideally realized" (Chicago Classical Review)

KIMBERLY JONES | *Galatea*

"Galatea, as presented by soprano Kimberly Jones, was one word — joy. (Operawire)

DAVID GOVERTSEN *Polyphemus*

"Bass-baritone David Govertsen brought aptly dark tonal shadings to Polyphemus' broodings, his menacing countenance made all the more sinister by Lindsey Lyddan’s shadowy lighting. When Govertsen’s Polyphemus bellowed “I rage,” you believed him." (Chicago Tribune)

KAITLIN FOLEY | *Damon*

“Kaitlin Foley possesses a bright and flexible voice of great capacity. One cannot deny the fact that Foley’s parts are tremendous” (Operawire)

ENSEMBLE

Kaitlin Foley, Soprano
Mallory Harding, Mezzo
Ryan Townsend Strand, Tenor
Jianghai Ho, Tenor
Dorian McCall, Bass
“The choir work is a special highlight. They deserve a standing ovation." (Operawire)

*Original production artwork by Zuleyka V. Benitez.*

Apollo e Dafne

by George Frideric Handel | 2021 Filmed Production Recording

ERICA SCHULLER | *Dafne*

*"Ryan de Ryke and Erica Schuller* *won acclaim in Haymarket’s 2013 staging of Telemann’s comedy Pimpinone. In this more intimate and serious work, the duo proved just as inspired." (Chicago Classical Review)*

RYAN DE RYKE | *Apollo*

“…Strong, precise, and confident, as demonstrated by the versatile voice of the baritone” (Operawire)