FULL ERCOLE SU’L TERMDONTE (Vivaldi) Los Angeles 2023 Logan Webber, Janet Todd, Meagan Martin, Michael Skarke

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Ercole su'l Termodonte  
• Composer: Vivaldi Antonio   
• Libretto: Antonio Salvi    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: The Highland Park Ebell Club, Los Angeles, California  
• Recorded: January 21, 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Logan Webber, Janet Todd, Meagan Martin, Michael Skarke, Kyle Tingzon, Manfred Anaya, Veronique Filloux, Audrey Yoder
• Conductor: KYLE NAIG  
• Orchestra:
• Stage Director: JOSH SHAW  
• Stage Designer: DAVID HANDLER  
• Costume Designer: MAGGIE GREEN   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Pacific Opera Project  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PLOT SYNOPSIS

  For Hercules’ Ninth Labor, King Euristeo asks him to sail down the
  Thermodon River to a village called Themyscira. He orders Hercules
  to capture the sword of Antiope, who is the daughter of Ares and The
  Queen of the Amazons. The Amazons are a tribe of warrior women
  who are stronger than men in combat and archery.
  Hercules boards his ship with his heroes Teseo, Telamone, and
  Alceste, and sails down the Thermodon River to find the Amazons.
  They arrive in Themyscira, where Teseo encounters Ippolita,
  Antiope’s sister, and the two secretly fall in love. Meanwhile,
  Martesia, Antiope’s daughter, also takes a love interest in Alceste,
  in secret. Hercules and his men attack the Amazons, capturing
  Martesia and holding her hostage.

  In revenge, with the aid of Orizia, The Amazons capture Teseo. Just
  when Queen Antiope swears to sacrifice him, Ippolita confesses her
  love for Teseo, and begs for Antiope to negotiate with Hercules.
  Seeing how the two couples have fallen deeply in love, Hercules
  makes peace with Antiope. She agrees, and graciously gives
  Hercules her sword, and consents to the two marriages. They
  declare peace.

  BACKGROUND INFO

  THE GREEK GODS
  Hera: Queen of the Gods. Goddess of Marriage, Women, & Family. Zeus’ wife
  Zeus: King of the Gods
  Amore/Cupid: God of Love
  Ares/Mars: God of War and Courage. Father of Antiope and Ippolita
  Latona: Goddess of Music
  Diana: Goddess of Wild Animals and the Hunt. Latona’s daughter

  THE GREEK HEROS
  Hercules: Demigod born from an affair between Zeus and a mortal woman
  Euristeo: The King of Tiryns
  Theseus: Hero of Athens
  Telamone: Prince of Aegina
  Alceste: A Greek prince

  THE AMAZONIAN WARRIORS
  Antiope: Queen of the Amazons
  Ippolita: Antiope’s sister
  Martesia: Antiope’s daughter
  Orizia: Antiope’s sister

  THE REGIONS
  Tiryns: The peninsula in Greece where Hercules performed his 12 Labors
  Termodonte: The Thermodon River in Turkey that flows into the Black Sea
  Themiscyra: The Amazon’s village

  HERCULES’ BACKSTORY
  When Hera, the Queen of the Gods, learns that her husband Zeus has had
  an affair with a mortal woman, she becomes revengeful, and grows a strong
  hate towards their half-God son, Hercules. Hera makes several attempts to
  torture and kill Hercules over his lifetime, but is finally successful in driving
  him deliriously insane, and causing him to kill his wife Megara and their six
  children.
  Hercules awakens from his insanity and realizes that he has killed his family.
  He feels deep regret and asks the Oracle of Delphi, a Priestess, for penance.
  The Oracle orders Hercules to serve Euristeo, the King Tiryns, for twelve years,
  and he agrees.
  King Euristeo gives Hercules several “Labors” or impossible heroic tasks.
  Hercules eventually completes each Labor, achieves immortality, and
  becomes Greece’s greatest hero.

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