
Cavalli: Hercules in Love
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Overview
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.
Top Cast


Nahuel Di Pierro
Nahuel Di Pierro
Ercole
Nahuel Di Pierro
Ercole


Giuseppina Bridelli
Giuseppina Bridelli
Deianira
Giuseppina Bridelli
Deianira
Ray Chenez
Ray Chenez
Il Paggio
Ray Chenez
Il Paggio


Francesca Aspromonte
Francesca Aspromonte
Iole
Francesca Aspromonte
Iole
Eugénie Lefebvre
Eugénie Lefebvre
Pasithea / Clerica / Terza Grazia / Secondo Pianeta
Eugénie Lefebvre
Pasithea / Clerica / Terza Grazia / Secondo Pianeta
Dominique Visse
Dominique Visse
Licco
Dominique Visse
Licco


Giulia Semenzato
Giulia Semenzato
Venere / Bellezza / Cinzia
Giulia Semenzato
Venere / Bellezza / Cinzia
Luca Tittoto
Luca Tittoto
Nettuno / Eutyro
Luca Tittoto
Nettuno / Eutyro


Krystian Adam
Krystian Adam
Hyllo
Krystian Adam
Hyllo


Anna Bonitatibus
Anna Bonitatibus
Giunone
Anna Bonitatibus
Giunone
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