Aline will be performing as a member of the Choeur de Chambre de Namur in this production with the Paris National Opera.

Eight years after the success of Les Indes galantes, conductor Leonardo García Alarcón returns to the Paris Opera with a gem: a score by Antonia Bembo, an 18th century composer whose tumultuous life resembles a novel.

Fleeing a violent husband, this Venetian sought refuge at the court of Louis XIV, where she received the king’s protection. It was in France that she forged a personal style, straddling Italian and French culture, before composing her opera Ercole amante in 1707, based on the libretto previously used by her master Francesco Cavalli.

Never before staged, this Hercules in love, marked by harmonic originality and outstanding vocal virtuosity, is making its repertoire debut at the Paris Opera.

Netia Jones explores the baroque work, full of gods and supernatural elements, and reveals its modernity: that of a powerful but ageing man incapable of accepting a woman’s refusal to consent.

Creative team

Leonardo García Alarcón - Conductor

Netia Jones - Direction, set, costume design, video

Fabiana Piccioli - Lighting design

Maud Le Pladec - Choreographer

Fabian Schofrin - Dramaturgy

Thibaut Lenaerts - Chorus master of the Chœur de chambre de Namur

Distribution

Andreas Wolf Ercole

Julie Fuchs Giunone

Ana Vieira Leite Iole

Deepa Johnny Dejanira

Marcel Beekman Licco

Alasdair Kent Hyllo

Sandrine Piau Venere, Bellezza

Théo Imart Paggio

Teona Todua Pasithea

Alex Rosen Nettuno, L'Ombra di Eutyro