Ercole Amante Format:Blu-ray Disc Talent prize at "Young Classical

Talent prize at "Young Classical Musicians"

21-year-old Handel arrived in Italy as a prodigious celebrity

external stimuli and events as felt by the composer

As a core duo

Ercole Amante Format:Blu-ray Disc Talent prize at "Young ClassicalFrancesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid 17th century. Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister to the king, commissioned Cavalli to create a Parisian spectacle to celebrate the wedding of the 'Sun King' Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain. Ercole amante ('Hercules in Love') was the flattering subject chosen for this regal extravaganza combining larger than life characters