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Handel's Hercules

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Musical drama in three acts
MONTEVERDI CHOIR Continuo
MARILYN SANSOM (Cello) NICHOLAS KRAEMER and JONATHAN HINDEN (harpsichords)
KONTEVERDI ORCHESTRA leader NONA LIDDELL conductor
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
(Given in 1977 at the Snape Mattings as part of the European Broadcasting Union's tenth International Concert Season) Act 1

Contributors

Cello:
Marilyn Sansom
Cello:
Nicholas Kraemer
Harpsichords:
Jonathan Hinden
Leader:
Nona Liddell
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Hercules, also called Alcides:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Dejanira, his wife:
Sarah Walker (mezzo-Sop)
Hyllus, their son:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Iole, captive princess of Oechalia:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Lichas, a herald and an attendant on Dejanira:
Margaret Cable (mezzo-Soprano)
Priest of Jupiter:
David Wilson-Johnson (bar)
Source: Radio Times

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