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Matthew Dirst

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Contralto

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

Hercules

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Nola Richardson

Pleasure

Leia Lensing

Virtue

Tenor

Steven Brennfleck

An Attendant on Pleasure

Echo

Lust

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Jason Zacher

Mercury

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Ars Lyrica

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Ars Lyrica Houston

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Bach, Handel, and Hercules

Houston

United States

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Zilkha Hall

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

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The Choice of Hercules

Let us take care, let us watch over

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G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69
Mvmt. 2: Accompagnato "See, Hercules" 
Mvmt. 3: Air "Come, Blooming Boy" 
Mvmt. 4: Air "There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain"
featuring Nola Richardson, soprano

G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69 | Mvmts. 2-4: Accompagnato, Air, Air (Pleasure)

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.

Bach, Handel, and Hercules by Händel, Bach, J. S., From (2021/2021), Conductor Matthew Dirst, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, United States

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