Aspect ratio: 16:9. Pastoral opera in 2 acts. Special features include: interactive menus; chapter selection; audio selection; optional subtitles selection; synopsis; cast gallery; staging Acis anhd Galatea. "A Royal Opera House/Opus Arte co-production"--Container. Recorded in performance Apr. 8, 2009, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Assistant director and choreographer, Laila Diallo ; designs, Hildegard Bechtler ; lighting design, Lucy Carter ; DVD executive producer, Roland Ott. Danielle de Niese (Galatea) ; Charles Workman (Acis) ; Paul Agnew (Damon) ; Matthew Rose (Polyphemus) ; Ji-Min Park (Coridon) ; Julian Perkins, harpsichord ; Jan Čižmář, theorbo ; Andrew Skidmore, violoncello ; Steven Moore, chamber organ ; Dancers of the Royal Ballet (Lauren Cuthbertson (Galatea) ; Edward Watson (Acis) ; Steven McRae, Melissa Hamilton (Damon) ; Paul Kay (Coridon)); The Royal Opera Extra Chorus ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor. Sung in English, with optional English, French, German or Spanish subtitles; and program notes in English, German and French (25 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) inserted in container.