Name: Ercole amante
Start: 2009-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Organization

Direzione d'orchestra

Ivor Bolton

Regia

David Alden

Scenografia

Paul Steinberg

Costumi

Constance Hoffman

Luci

Adam Silverman

Coreografia

Michael Keegan-Dolan

Cantante

Basso

Vito Priante

Nettuno

Tevere

NettunoTevereOmbra di Eutiro

Soprano

Wilke te Brummelstroete

Bellezza

Venere

Gaële Le Roi

Cinzia

Pasithea

Contralto

Ombra di Clerica

Tenore

Mark Tucker

Mercurio

Ombra di Laomedonte

Tim Mead

Il Paggio

Bussiride

Luca Pisaroni

Ercole

Veronica Cangemi

Iole, 1. Aura

Anna Bonitatibus

Giunone

Jeremy Ovenden

Illo

Anna-Maria Panzarella

Dejanira

Marlin Miller

Lychas

Jonathan Lunn

De Nationale Opera

Others

Concerto Köln

Ercole amante

Amsterdam

Paesi Bassi

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

In 1662, Francesco Cavalli—onetime protégé of Monteverdi—premiered Ercole Amante (Hercules in Love) in Paris to celebrate the marriage of Louis XIV to Maria Theresa of Spain. It was a truly Baroque celebration: the opera’s grandiose mythology was matched by an accompanying allegorical conceit equating Hercules with the Sun King and the goddess Hebe with his new bride. And the monarchs, nobles and aristocrats on hand were not merely an audience—they were incorporated into the work! Louis XIV himself starred in the ballet numbers written by Lully for this sumptuous opera, unprecedented in the scope of its duration, music, machinery, scenery and costumes.

Maestro Ivor Bolton, with the world-class Nederlandse Opera Choir and Concerto Köln, highlights the work’s most striking and novel elements: powerful choral numbers, sublimely atmospheric orchestral moments, and, of course, electrifying dance sequences. David Alden brings this iconic title to the stage with arresting ostentation, navigating parody and symbolism to the glorious music of Lully and Cavalli, while the expert cast brings the immortal myth of Hercules to life.

Ercole amante Cavalli

Public

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Crediti di rappresentazione (Cast e team di produzione )

Cast

Team creativo