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| Concert I | MEMORIAL CHAPEL UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1985 8:00 P.M. |
SMITHSONIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
| JAMES WEAVER, Executive Director | KENNETH SLOWIK, Music Director |
music by
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
libretto by
JOHN GAY and ALEXANDER POPE
Cast in Order of Appearance:
Galatea, a sea nymph...................ANN MONOYIOS, soprano
Acis, a shepherd..........................PETER BECKER, countertenor
Damon, a shepherd......................PATRICK ROMANO, tenor
Polyphemus, a monster................CHRISTOPHER DEANE, bass
Coridon, a shepherd....................JEFFREY THOMAS, tenor
SMITHSONIAN CHAMBER PLAYERS
Nancy Wilson, Melissa Graybeal, violins
James Caldwell, Stanley King, oboes
Christopher Krueger, Stanley King, recorders
Kenneth Slowik, violoncello
James Weaver, harpsichord
The Scene: a rural prospect diversified with rocks, groves, and a river.