Ercole Amante
#ErcoleAmante
Salle Favart
from 4
to 12 November 2019
Dates
4 November 2019 8.00 pm
6 November 2019 8.00 pm
8 November 2019 8.00 pm
10 November 2019 3.00 pm
12 November 2019 8.00 pm
Information
+33 (0)1 70 23 01 31
All public
Opera in a prologue and five acts to a libretto by Francesco Buti
Premiered in Paris (Tuileries) in 1662
Hercules loves young Iole but is married to Dejanira. Besides, Iole is also loved by their son Hyllus. Venus, who favors love, or Juno, who protects fidelity, who will win?
Hercules in love or love allied to seduction. No more flattering a subject could have been chosen to celebrate the wedding of young Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain. Mazarin mobilized the best Italian artists for this opera in order to spread the image of an irresistible monarchy. Opera was still an Italian art form and prolific Cavalli was its best representative since Monteverdi’s death.
The work mingles bigwigs with mythology, emotions with natural and cosmic phenomena. The result, a court ballet, a machine piece and an opera, is perfectly sumptuous and baroque. Sung in Italian, Ercole amante was hardly understood at the time, and yet it was to inspire a young ballet master named Lully.
The beauty of this rare piece is displayed by Raphaël Pichon and an ideal cast. Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq give the Baroque the freshness and fantasy that made the success of their Domino noir in 2018.
Production in Italian with French supertitles
Music direction, Raphaël Pichon
Staging, Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
With Nahuel di Pierro, Anna Bonitatibus, Giuseppina Bridelli, Francesca Aspromonte, Krystian Adam, Eugénie Lefevbre, Giulia Semenzato, Luca Tittoto, Ray Chenez, Dominique Visse
Choir and orchestra, Ensemble Pygmalion
Cast
Music direction Raphaël Pichon
Staging Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq (Sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
Scenery Laurent Peduzzi
Costumes Vanessa Sannino
Lights Christian Pinaud
Staging assistant Olivier Podesta
Scenography assistant Maité Vauchin
Ercole Nahuel di Pierro
Giunone Anna Bonitatibus
Dejanira Giuseppina Bridelli
Jole Francesca Aspromonte
Hyllo Krystian Adam
Pasithea Clerica, Terza Grazia, Secondo Pianeta Eugénie Lefebvre
Venere, Bellezza, Cinthia (prologue) Giulia Semenzato
Nettuno, Eutyro, Tevere (prologue) Luca Tittoto
Il Paggio Ray Chenez
Licco Dominique Visse
Prima Grazia Marie Planinsek
Seconda Grazia, Primo Pianeta Perrine Devillers
Terzo Pianeta Corinne Bahuaud
Prima Aura Olivier Coiffet
Seconda Aura, un Sacrificatore Renaud Brès
Ruscello, Busiride, un Sacrificatore Nicolas Brooymans
Dancers
Choir and orchestra Ensemble Pygmalion
New production Opéra Comique
Co-production Château de Versailles Spectacles, Opéra National de Bordeaux
Before the show
Meet the artists, Tuesday 15 October at 7 pm
Presentation of the production 45 minutes prior to the performance :
- Keys to the production, salle Bizet
- Sing Ercole amante, Foyer Favart
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