1999 FESTIVAL OPERATIC CENTERPIECE
Ercole Amante
Music by Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
Libretto by Francesco Buti (d. 1682)
June 8, 9, 11, and 12, 1999
Emerson Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
August 1999
Utrecht Early Music Festival
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Jack Edwards, Stage Director
Robin Linklater, Designer
Lucy Graham, Choreographer & Movement Advisor
L. Stacy Eddy, Lighting Designer
Anna Watkins, Costume Supervisor
Cast
Paul Guttry |
Il Tevere |
Claron McFadden |
Cinthia |
Nathaniel Watson |
Ercole |
Ellen Hargis |
Venere |
Laurie Reviol, Deborah Leath Rentz, Kamala Soparkar |
Le Tre Grazie |
Meredith Hall |
Giunone |
Lisa Saffer |
Iole |
William Hite |
Hyllo |
Steve Dugardin |
Paggio |
Olof Lilja |
Licco |
Ann Hallenberg |
Deianira |
Deborah Leath Rentz |
Pasithea |
Florian Eckhardt |
Sonno |
Donald Wilkinson |
Nettunno |
Harry van der Kamp |
Ombra d’Eutiro |
Chorus
Kamala Soparkar, James Deselms & Clifford Rust
Dancers
Audra Carabetta, Tina M. Cassidy, Florian Eckhardt,
Susan McNichol, Melinda Sullivan & Kaj Sylegård
Orchestra
David Douglass, concertmaster
Scott Metcalfe, Ingrid Matthews, Christopher Verrette, Robert Mealy*
& Julie Andrijeski, violin
Margriet Tindemans*, Patrick Jordan, Jane Starkman*
& Laura Jeppesen, viola
Emily Walhout*, Alice Robbins, Brent Wissick & John Mark Rozendaal,
bass violin
Stephen Stubbs, Andrea Damiani & Lucas Harris, chitarrone
Paul O’Dette, archlute & theorbo
Paul O’Dette & Andrea Damiani, Spanish guitar
Alexander Weimann & Peter Sykes, harpsichord
Maxine Eilander, double harp
Erin Headley, lirone & viola da gamba
Bruce Haynes & Geoffrey Burgess, Baroque oboe & recorder
Marilyn Boenau, bassoon
Dennis Ferry & Fred Holmgren, trumpet
John Grimes, percussion
* principal
