Cavalli: Hercules in Love

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Cavalli: Hercules in Love (2019)

Directed by François Roussillon

Music · 3h 11m

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 Valerie Lesort and Christian Hecq.

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Cast

Nahuel Di Pierro Ercole Giuseppina Bridelli Deianira
R
Ray Chenez Il Paggio Francesca Aspromonte Iole
E
Eugénie Lefebvre Pasithea / Clerica / Terza Grazia / Secondo Pianeta
D
Dominique Visse Licco Giulia Semenzato Venere / Bellezza / Cinzia
L
Luca Tittoto Nettuno / Eutyro Krystian Adam Hyllo Anna Bonitatibus Giunone
E
Ensemble Pygmalion Choeur et Orchestre

Crew

Director
François Roussillon
Writer
Francesco Buti

Details

Original title
Ercole Amante
Release date
2019-11-06
Runtime
3h 11m
Genres
Music
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
France
Production
Francois Roussillon et Associés, Opéra Comique