G. F. Händel Hercules ( Moulds, 2007)

HERCULES (HWV 60) Musical Drama in 3 acts Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (16851759) Libretto: Reverend Thomas Broughton (17041774) 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 (17311736). 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