{"id":15317,"date":"2026-05-21T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/production\/cavalli-ercole-amante\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:51:33","slug":"cavalli-ercole-amante","status":"publish","type":"post-concert","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/production\/cavalli-ercole-amante\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavalli, Ercole amante"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Commissioned from Cavalli following the marriage of Louis XIV to the Infanta of Spain, Ercole amante benefited from the splendour of the French court. Cavalli thus transformed this tragedy about absolute power into a spectacular production. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After revisiting Antonia Bembo\u2019s Ercole amante<\/em> at the Op\u00e9ra Bastille, Leonardo Garc\u00eda-Alarc\u00f3n and Cappella Mediterranea are now tackling Francesco Cavalli\u2019s original version, a 17th-century masterpiece premiered at the Louvre in 1662 to mark the wedding of Louis XIV. Combining mythological heroism, passionate love and the splendour of royal festivities, this iconic work reveals the full richness of the Venetian operatic language that the conductor has been exploring since Elena<\/em>, Eliogabalo<\/em>, Erismena<\/em>, Il Giasone<\/em> and Pompeo Magno. The stage direction by Rapha\u00eblle Boitel and her company L\u2019Oubli\u00e9(e), blending visual theatre, acrobatics and the poetry of movement, promises a spectacular and sensitive interpretation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A tragedy in five acts with music by Francesco Cavalli and a libretto by Francesco Buti, inspired by Sophocles\u2019 The Trachiniae<\/em> and Book IX of Ovid\u2019s Metamorphoses<\/em>, premiered in 1662 in Paris in the Salle des Machines at the Tuileries Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performance running time:<\/strong> 3 hours with intermissionNew production by the Op\u00e9ra de Dijon<\/strong>Co-production with Cappella Mediterranea<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Cast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Leonardo Garc\u00eda\u2011Alarc\u00f3n<\/strong> | Musical Direction<\/em>Rapha\u00eblle Boitel <\/strong>| Stage Direction and Choreography<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tristan Baudoin<\/strong> | Set Design and Lighting<\/em>Sandrine Rozier<\/strong> | Costumes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milan Siljanov<\/strong> | Ercole<\/em>Ana Vieira Leite<\/strong> | Iole<\/em>Solenn Lavanant-Linke<\/strong> | Dejanira<\/em>Mariana Flores<\/strong> | Giunone<\/em>Sophie Junker<\/strong> | Venere, Bellezza<\/em>Luigi Morassi<\/strong> | Hyllo<\/em>Logan Lopez Gonzalez<\/strong> | Paggio<\/em>Marcel Beekman<\/strong> | Licco<\/em>Maud Bessard-Morandas<\/strong> | Pasithea<\/em>Staffan Liljas<\/strong> | Nettuno, L\u2019Ombra di Eutyro<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cappella Mediterranea <\/strong>Ch\u0153ur de chambre de Namur<\/strong>Ch\u0153ur de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Dijon<\/strong>Thibaut Lenaerts<\/strong> & Anass Ismat<\/strong> | Choirmasters<\/em>Featuring 8 acrobatic dancers<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Prochaines dates<\/h2>\n\n
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\n 11<\/span>\n Mai<\/span>\n 2027<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

\n 20h00 <\/p>\n

Op\u00e9ra de Dijon \u2014 Auditorium<\/p>\n

Dijon, France<\/p>\n

Acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la billetterie<\/p>\n\n <\/a>\n \n

\n 13<\/span>\n Mai<\/span>\n 2027<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

\n 20h00 <\/p>\n

Op\u00e9ra de Dijon \u2014 Auditorium<\/p>\n

Dijon, France<\/p>\n

Acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la billetterie<\/p>\n\n <\/a>\n \n

\n 14<\/span>\n Mai<\/span>\n 2027<\/span>\n <\/div>\n\n

\n 20h00 <\/p>\n

Op\u00e9ra de Dijon \u2014 Auditorium<\/p>\n

Dijon, France<\/p>\n

Acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la billetterie<\/p>\n\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n \n<\/section>\n

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\u00a9Marine Lanier – Tendance Floue<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

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