G.F. Händel - Hercules (Moulds, 2007)

HERCULES (HWV 60) Musical Drama in 3 acts Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Libretto: Reverend Thomas Broughton (1704–1774) First performance: King’s Theatre, London, 5 January 1745 Hercules: Nathan Berg Dejanira: Ann Hallenberg Iole: Ingela Bohlin Hyllus: Ed Lyon Lichas: Charlotte Hellekant Priest of Jupiter: Simon Kirkbride Conductor: Christopher Moulds St. James’s Baroque Chorus of the Netherlands Opera Recorded live at the Muziektheater, Amsterdam (10 May 2007) Libretto available at: Picture: “The Apotheosis of Hercules“ by François Lemoyne (1731-1736). 00:00 ACT I 07:23 “No longer, fate, relentless frown“ (Lichas I, 1) 13:14 “The world, when day’s career is run“ (Dejanira I, 1) 18:13 “I feel, I feel the god, he swells my breast“ (Hyllus I, 2) 20:38 “There, in myrtle shades reclin’d“ (De