Casting

• Les Arts Florissants
• William Christie (Conductor)
• Luc Bondy (Stage Direction)
• Malena Ernman (Mezzo-soprano) : Lichas
• Simon Kirkbride (Baritone) : Priest of Jupiter
• Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo-soprano) : Dejanira
• William Shimell (Baritone) : Hercules
• Toby Spence (Tenor) : Hyllus
• Ingela Bohlin (Soprano) : Iole

Program

Hercules
Musical Drama in three acts by Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759)
Libretto by Thomas Broughton, based on Sophocles's 'Women of Trachis' and Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
First performance in London, King's Theatre, 5 January 1745

Recording: Opéra national de Paris
Director: Vincent Bataillon
Duration: 03:09