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Hercules

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Schillertheater: Großer SaalBismarckstraße 110, Berlin, 10625, Germany
Dates/times in Berlin time zone
Programme
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)Hercules
Performers
Komische Oper Berlin
David BatesConductor
Barrie KoskyDirector
Katrin Lea TagSet Designer, Costume Designer
Joachim KleinLighting Designer
Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin
Johanna WallDramaturgy
Noam HeinzBaritone
Penny SofroniadouSopranoIole
Paula MurrihyMezzo-sopranoDejanira
Caspar SinghTenorHyllus
Brandon CedelBass-baritoneHercules
Susan ZarrabiMezzo-sopranoLichas

Love, jealousy, and an unintended murder are the basic ingredients of this highly dramatic oratorio by George Frideric Handel. After Handel’s Semele, Barrie Kosky now takes on his story about the deadly power of jealousy as a parable on human weakness.
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Handelian labours: Kosky directs Hercules at Komische Oper Berlin
Zenaida des Aubris, 6th March
Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper. 
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Barrie KoskyBrandon CedelCaspar SinghChorsolisten der Komischen Oper BerlinDavid BatesGeorge Frideric HandelHerculesJoachim KleinJohanna WallKatrin Lea TagKomische Oper BerlinNoam HeinzOrchester der Komischen Oper BerlinPaula MurrihyPenny SofroniadouSusan Zarrabi
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