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Jealousy – the poisoner of love

Hercules

George Frideric Handel
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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.
Part I

Dejanira, wife of Hercules, King of Thrace, bemoans her husband’s long absence at war. Her son Hyllus reports the oracle’s sombre prophecy: Hercules will die. Dejanira fears she’ll only see her husband again in the land of the dead. Hyllus decides to look for his father.
Musical drama in three acts [1745]
Libretto by Thomas Broughton
Premiere on 3 March 2024
A co-production with the Frankfurt Opera
Recommended from grade 7
English
3hr 30min incl. intermission
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühnenbild und Kostüme
Dramaturgie
Licht
Joachim Klein
Szenische Einstudierung
Hercules
Dejanira
Hyllus
Lichas
Priester des Jupiter
Chorsolo
Martin Fehr/Katrin Hacker/Taiki Miyashita/Takahiro Namiki
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