Ercole Amante

Francesco Cavalli Ercole Amante opera to libretto by Francesco Buti. Ballet music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Directed 2009 by David Alden at De Nederlandse Oper (Musiektheater Amsterham). Stars Luca Pisaroni, Veronica Cangemi, Anna Bonitatibus, Jeremy Ovenden, Anna Maria Panzarella, Marlin Miller, Umberto Chiummo, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Johannette Zomer, Mark Tucker, Tim Mead, Melanie Greve, Ineke Berends, Ivo Posti, Inez Hafkamp, Anneleen Bijnen, John van Halteren, Tomoko Makuuchi, Maartje de Lint, and Stephen Carter. Ivor Bolton conducts the Concerto Köln and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera (Chorus Masters Tim Brown and Martin Wright). Set design by Paul Steinberg; costume design by Constance Hoffman; lighting design by Adam Silverman; choreography by Jonathan Lunn; TV direction by Misjel Vermeiren. Released 2010, two-disc set has 5.0 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B-

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