Ercole Amante (L'Ercole Amante)
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| First performance | February 7, 1662 |
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| Composers | Francesco Cavalli |
| Librettist | Francesco Buti |
| Languages | Italian |
| Adapted from | P. Ouidii Metamorphosis cum integris ac emendatissimis Raphaelis Regii enarrationibus. . . |
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| ID | 2999861 |
About Ercole Amante (L'Ercole Amante)
Ercole amante is an opera in a prologue and five acts by Francesco Cavalli. Its Italian libretto is by Francesco Buti, based on Sophocles' The Trachiniae and on the ninth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The first performance took place on 7 February 1662 in the Salle des Machines of the Tuileries in Paris.