Opera Bhutan

Opera Bhutan On October 2013, Handel’s opera; "Acis and Galatea" was performed in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu - with traditional Bhutanese dance and music.
A production of Handel's timeless masterpiece in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
Performing artists from around the world meet with Bhutanese performers
in this unprecedented historic premiere of live opera in Bhutan at the Royal Textile Academy in Thimphu.

Handel’s Acis and Galatea is based on an ancient myth that celebrates the triumph of compassion and goodness over anger, greed, and ignorance. It is an ancient story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses that was later turned into an opera by Handel. The pastoral opera narrates an affair between two young lovers, Acis and Galatea, which is interrupted by the jealous Polyphemus, who destroys his rival by crushing him with a rock. Galatea, moved by grief, transforms the dead Acis into an everlasting stream whose ripples symbolise their eternal love.

Galatea Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli
Acis Thomas Macleay
Polyphemus Jacques-Greg Belobo
Damon Brian Downen

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN MOTHER SANGAY CHODEN WANGCHUCK