Name: Bach, Handel, and Hercules
Start: 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Dirigent

Matthew Dirst

Instrumentalist

Instrument

contralto

Countertenor

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

Hercules

Soprano

Nola Richardson

Pleasure

Mezzo-soprano

Leia Lensing

Virtue

Tenor

Steven Brennfleck

An Attendant on Pleasure

Sångare

Echo

Lust

Bass

Bas-baryton

Jason Zacher

Mercury

Others

Ars Lyrica

Orchestra

Ars Lyrica Houston

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

tyska

engelska

Bach, Handel, and Hercules

Houston

Zilkha Hall

Bach, Handel, and Hercules: The Choice of Hercules Händel (+1 More)

Oratorium

The Choice of Hercules

Cantata Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen BWV 213

Approved

G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69
Mvmt. 6: Air "Go Assert Thy Heav'nly Race" 
featuring Leia Lensing, mezzo-soprano

Bach, Handel, and Hercules
Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69 | Mvmt. 6: Air (Virtue)

The iconic strongman Hercules earned his place in the pantheon not through conquests but rather for his wisdom and honor. A pillar of mythology since Antiquity, Hercules faces a familiar dilemma, one that found significant resonance in the Baroque era, when ancient stories were a principal source of moral instruction. Both composers treat Hercules’ temptation and ultimate embrace of virtue with ravishing arias and grand ensembles.

English

Föreställningskrediter (Medverkande & produktionsteam )

Medverkande

Instrumentation

Ensemble