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    Ercole amante (Hercules in Love, French: Hercule amoureux) is an opera in a prologue and five acts by Francesco Cavalli. Its Italian libretto is by Francesco...
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    from 1660 (when he revived his opera Xerse) until 1662, producing his Ercole amante. He died in Venice at the age of 73. Cavalli was the most influential...
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  • numerous serenatas, arias, religious and secular cantatas, and the opera Ercole amante (1707). Amyte circa 225 Greece Sappho Arcadian poet, admired by her...
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    of justice and humanity, who is respected and loved by human gods. Ercole amante (Hercules in Love) is an opera in five acts composed in 1660 by Francesco...
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  • Baroque; [in addition to the roles named above] I did Rinaldo, Cavalli's Ercole Amante, and I did Ariodante but there is a moment when you say "if I want my...
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    In Lully's "Ballet of Seven Planets'" interlude from Cavalli's opera Ercole amante ("Hercules in Love"), Louis XIV himself danced as Pluto and other characters;...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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    (1629, 1647, 1650) Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), L'Egisto (1643), Ercole amante (1662), Scipione affricano (1664) Johann Jacob Froberger (1616–1667)...
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    which caused a great sensation. Pier Francesco Cavalli premiered his Ercole amante in Paris in 1662, at the newly opened Tuileries Palace a commission...
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    the Erymanthian Boar Hercules and the Nemean Lion Opera Ercole amante (1662) Alcide (1693) Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723) Admeto (1727) Laßt uns sorgen,...
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    from Munich, Janáček's Jenůfa from the Teatro Real Madrid, Cavalli's Ercole amante from the Netherlands Opera, and Mozart's Zaide and La finta giardiniera...
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    Calisto (Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real, Madrid) Paggio in Cavalli's Ercole amante (De Nederlandse Opera) Arsamene in Cavalli's Il Xerse (Opera de Lille...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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    the Erymanthian Boar Hercules and the Nemean Lion Opera Ercole amante (1662) Alcide (1693) Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723) Admeto (1727) Laßt uns sorgen,...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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  • society's norms and illusions. In 2009 Alden directed Francesco Cavalli's Ercole Amante for the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam (De Nederlandse Opera) to...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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  • King Arthur by Henry Purcell (1995) L’Orfeo by Luigi Rossi (1997) Ercole Amante by Francesco Cavalli (1999) Thésée by Jean-Baptiste Lully (2001) Ariadne...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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    hall was inaugurated on 7 February 1662 with the premiere of Cavalli's Ercole amante. The costs of the project, including construction of the theatre, came...
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    Besso enters and tries to convince Ercole that all men have their vices and so he should not be too concerned. Ercole, being a man of honor, tells Besso...
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    collaborated on court performances of Francesco Cavalli's Xerse and Ercole amante. When Louis XIV took over the reins of government in 1661, he named...
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    respond well to the revival of Xerse (1660) and the specially composed Ercole amante (1662), preferring the ballets that had been inserted between the acts...
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  • Te Deum for 5 voices (vol. III) Salmo XIX, for 3 voices (vol. III) Ercole amante (Bembo), opera set to a libretto by Francesco Buti (1707) (vols. IV-V)...
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  • the Erymanthian Boar Hercules and the Nemean Lion Opera Ercole amante (1662) Alcide (1693) Ercole su'l Termodonte (1723) Admeto (1727) Laßt uns sorgen,...
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    lavish spectacle. When two Italian operas, Francesco Cavalli's Xerse and Ercole amante, proved failures in Paris in 1660 and 1662, the prospects of opera flourishing...
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    entangled in court intrigue which ensured that the projected opera, Ercole amante, was not ready in time and had to be replaced by a revival of Xerse...
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    (1655) Erismena (1655) Artemisia (1657) Hipermestra (1658) Elena (1659) Ercole amante (1662) Scipione affricano (1664) Mutio Scevola (1665) Pompeo Magno (1666)...
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