Name: Bach, Handel, and Hercules
Start: 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Matthew Dirst

Instrument

Chanteur

Contralto

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

Hercules

Soprano

Nola Richardson

Pleasure

Leia Lensing

Virtue

Ténor

Steven Brennfleck

An Attendant on Pleasure

Echo

Lust

Basse

Jason Zacher

Mercury

Others

Ars Lyrica

Orchestra

Ars Lyrica Houston

allemand

anglais

Bach, Handel, and Hercules

Houston

États-Unis

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Zilkha Hall

Bach, Handel, and Hercules: The Choice of Hercules Händel (+1 More)

Public

Le Choix d'Hercule

Préoccupons-nous, veillons BWV 213

Valide

G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69
Mvmt. 2: Accompagnato "See, Hercules" 
Mvmt. 3: Air "Come, Blooming Boy" 
Mvmt. 4: Air "There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain"
featuring Nola Richardson, soprano

G.F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69 | Mvmts. 2-4: Accompagnato, Air, Air (Pleasure)

The iconic strongman Hercules earned his place in the pantheon not through conquests but rather for his wisdom and honor. A pillar of mythology since Antiquity, Hercules faces a familiar dilemma, one that found significant resonance in the Baroque era, when ancient stories were a principal source of moral instruction. Both composers treat Hercules’ temptation and ultimate embrace of virtue with ravishing arias and grand ensembles.

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