This U.S. premiere is generously sponsored by Scott Fraser and Cathy Jurca

Highland Park Ebell Club

131 S. Avenue 57

Los Angeles, CA 90042

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Friday July 10 at 8pm

Saturday July 11 at 8pm

Friday July 17 at 8pm

Saturday July 18 at 3pm (Matinee)

Thursday July 23 at 8pm

Friday July 24 at 8pm

Saturday July 25 at 8pm

Tickets on sale in late January

Sung in Italian with projected English supertitles.

Total run time 2 hours 40 minutes

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It's Hercules verses the Amazons in this US premiere of a stunning Vivaldi opera. Recently rediscovered hiding in libraries in Münster, Paris, and Turino, Ercole su’l Termodonte is Vivaldi’s 16th opera, written in 1723 and premiered in Rome, during the Pope’s ban on women in opera. The original cast featured seven castrati (many en travesti) and one tenor. POP will employ a mix of countertenors, mezzos, tenors, and sopranos performing these roles with a small period orchestra.