Hercules in Love
Opera in a prologue and five acts (1662)
Libretto by Francesco Buti
Francesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid-17th century. Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister to the king, commissioned Cavalli to create a Parisian spectacle to celebrate the wedding of the ‘Sun King’ Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain. Ercole amante (‘Hercules in Love’) was the flattering subject chosen for this regal extravaganza combining larger-than-life characters with mythology, and genuine human emotions with natural and cosmic phenomena. The result is a sumptuous Baroque spectacle, conceived on a vast scale in this lavish production by directors Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
Ercole (Hercules) – Nahuel di Pierro, bass
Giunone (Juno) – Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Deianira, wife of Ercole – Giuseppina Bridelli, mezzo-soprano
Iole – Francesca Aspromonte, soprano
Hyllo (Hyllus), son of Ercole – Krystian Adam, tenor
Il Paggio (A Page) – Ray Chenez, countertenor
Licco (Lichas) – Dominique Visse, countertenor
Choir and Orchestra – Pygmalion
Conductor – Raphaël Pichon
Stage Directors – Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq (Sociétaire de la Comédie-Française)
Film Director – François Roussillon
Filmed on 6 and 8 November 2019 at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France
The production was awarded by the prestigious 'Critics and Press Association' in France as 'Best Opera Production.'
DVD 2.110679-80 / Blu-ray NBD0118V
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