761203572823

Antonia Bembo: L'ercole Amante

Yannick Debus; Alena Dantcheva; Anita Rosati; David Tricou; Flore Van Meerssche; Chelsea Marilyn Zu

£25.99
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Format: 2CD

Cat No: 555728-2

Release Date:  01 August 2025

Label:  Cpo - Full Price / CPO

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  761203572823

Genres:  Classical  Opera  

Composer/Series:  Antonia Bembo

  • Description

    Antonia Bembo's opera L'Ercole amante waited nearly 340 years for its premiere. This delay may have been due to the subject matter, as her teacher, Antonio Cavalli, had already composed a festival opera based on the same tragedy for the wedding of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain in 1660. Although the Sun King, reportedly an admirer of her compositions, had taken the Venetian singer under his wings following her separation from her husband and relocation to France, he was already by then quite familiar with the tragic tale of Hercules. And so, he allowed the enchanting and emotionally stirring music, rich with arias, to pass him by. Finally, on May 26, 2023, Jorg Halubek and Il Gusto Barocco brought this long-overlooked masterpiece to its well-deserved breakthrough at Stuttgart's Liederhalle.

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