Opera has turned into a three-ring circus ? literally ? with the American Opera Theater?s (AOT) new production of “Acis and Galatea” at the Theatre Project in Baltimore.

The opera, which was composed in 1718 by George Frideric Handel, was one of his most popular pieces. The story follows Galatea and Acis, a couple whose love is disrupted by Polyphemus, a giant. He falls in love with Galatea and kills Acis in jealousy, upsetting Galatea, who turns Acis? blood into the Acis River, making him immortal.