Opéra Bastille, Paris Ercole amante: Paris National Opera
Paris, Opéra Bastille — Main Auditorium
About the Event
Eight years after the success of Les Indes galantes, conductor Leonardo García Alarcón returns to the Paris Opera with a gem: a score by Antonia Bembo, an 18th century composer whose tumultuous life resembles a novel.
Fleeing a violent husband, this Venetian sought refuge at the court of Louis XIV, where she received the king’s protection. It was in France that she forged a personal style, straddling Italian and French culture, before composing her opera Ercole amante in 1707, based on the libretto previously used by her master Francesco Cavalli.
Never before staged, this Hercules in love, marked by harmonic originality and outstanding vocal virtuosity, is making its repertoire debut at the Paris Opera.
Netia Jones explores the baroque work, full of gods and supernatural elements, and reveals its modernity: that of a powerful but ageing man incapable of accepting a woman’s refusal to consent.
Cast / Production
Creative team
Antonia Bembo Music (v. 1643‐v. 1715)
Francesco Buti
Libretto
Leonardo García‐Alarcón
Conductor
Netia Jones
Direction,set, costume design, video
Maud Le Pladec
Choreographer
Fábian Schofrin
Dramaturgy
Thibaut Lenaerts
Chorus Master
Cast
Andreas Wolf
Ercole
Julie Fuchs
Giunone
Ana Vieira Leite
Iole
Deepa Johnny
Dejanira
Marcel Beekman
Licco
Alasdair Kent
Hyllo
Sandrine Piau
Venere, Bellezza
Théo Imart
Paggio
Teona Todua
Pasithea
Alex Rosen
Nettuno, L'Ombra di Eutyro
Address
Opéra Bastille, Place de la Bastille, Paris, France — Google Maps
