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| Composer | Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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ViennaHerculesConcert performance
Handel: Hercules
David Stern; Opera Fuoco; Chœur de chambre de Namur; Edwin Crossley-Mercer; Avery Amereau
LondonHerculesNew production
Handel: Hercules
Laurence Cummings; Barrie Kosky; The Royal Opera; Katrin Lea Tag; Joachim Klein; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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Handelian labours: Kosky directs Hercules at Komische Oper Berlin
Handel's seldom-performed Hercules becomes the latest oratorio to undergo the Kosky treatment at Komische Oper.
It's all Greek at Göttingen: George Petrou conducts Handel's Hercules
At the Göttingen Handel Festival, Handel's English oratorio features a choice array of soloists in a more than satisfactory outing under artistic director George Petrou.
Not quite heroic: Handel's Hercules
The English Concert play beautifully, the chorus is in superb voice, but a disjointed cast of unconvincing singers mean Hercules never reaches heroic heights.