Antonio Bembo - Ercole Amante at the Opéra Bastille in Paris
ONP Bastille, Paris, Tuesday June 2 2026 Conductor: Leonardo García-Alarcón. Production, sets, costumes, video: Netia Jones. Lighting: Ellen Ruge. Choreography: Maud Le Pladec. Ercole: Andreas Wolf. Giunone: Julie Fuchs. Iole: Ana Vieira Leite. Dejanira: Deepa Johnny. Licco: Marcel Beekman. Hyllo: Alasdair Kent. Venere, Bellezza: Sandrine Piau. Paggio: Théo Imart. Pasithea: Teona Todua. Nettuno, L'Ombra di Eutyro: Alex Rosen. Una grazia: Danaé Monnié. Grazie: Giulia Fichu-Sampieri, Dina Husseini. Mercure: Samuel Desguin. Cappella Mediterranea. Chœur de Chambre de Namur. Photos: Bernd Uhlig/Opéra national de Paris Another long article, I’m afraid, but with a virtually unknown work by a virtually unknown composer, it’s hard to avoid… Antonia Bembo was born in Venice in 1640 or thereabouts, and studied there with Cavalli. But in the 1670s, she fled with her children to France to escape a husband who, when not neglectful, was abusive. Her singing won her the protection, including a pen...