

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Acis and Galatea 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 09:30 pm – Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 10:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Handel’s Acis and Galatea recounts the tragic love between the sea-nymph Galatea and the shepherd Acis. Their happiness is destroyed by the jealousy of the Cyclops Polyphemus, who kills Acis by crushing him with a rock. In her grief, Galatea transforms him into a flowing river, so that their love endures beyond death – a myth of beauty, loss, and eternal devotion that inspired Handel’s enduring pastoral opera.  

This one-hour opera will be performed by candlelight, featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra in St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore – an evocative setting for this timeless work. Featuring: Jade Phoenix, Dean Power, Edward Grint, Patrick Hyland. Irish Baroque Orchestra and BVOF Chorus, conductor – Oliver-John Ruthven.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waterford/acis-and-galatea/200029789467844
- **Event Categories**: Music, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://blackwatervalleyopera.ie/book-opera/acis-galatea-thursday/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=waterford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Waterford
- **state**: WD
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: St Carthage's Cathedral - Lismore
- **lat**: 52.139783444738
- **long**: -7.9293179512024
- **full address**: St Carthage's Cathedral - Lismore, Saint Carthage Cathedral, Church Lane, Lismore, County Waterford, P51 VX65, Ireland, Waterford

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (https://allevents.in/org/blackwater-valley-opera-festival/21709453)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 09:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St Carthage's Cathedral - Lismore, Saint Carthage Cathedral, Church Lane, Lismore, County Waterford, P51 VX65, Ireland, Waterford
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Blackwater Valley Opera Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Music, Entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Acis and Galatea  ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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