Hercules is an English Oratorio composed by Georg Friedrich Handel to a libretto by the Reverend Thomas Broughton. It was first performed at the King's Theatre in London on 5th of January 1745.

It is based on the story of Hercules and Deianira, as it is related by Ovid, in the Ninth Book of his Metamorpheses; and the same subject, as it is treated by Sophocles, in his tragedy The Trachinians.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone and the Librettist) Cast List

Hercules: Algy Pug Deianira: WendyKatzHiller Hyllus: Greg Giordano

lole: ShrimpPhish

Lichas: Brian Fullen

Priest of Jupiter: Larry Wilson Trachinian: Agnes Robert Behr Chorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone

Read by LibriVox. Total running time: 00:32:22

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HERCULES - a Musical Drama_ Handel & Broughton