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Hercules

VenueTheater an der Wien
CalendarWed 21 Oct 2026
Synopsis/Details

A tragedy of jealousy: after a long absence fighting in the war, Hercules returns home, bringing with him his vanquished enemy’s daughter as booty. His wife Dejanira regards the foreign princess with mistrust and even though Hercules insists that he loves no one but her the queen is consumed by jealousy and hate, which ultimately leads to a dreadful tragedy. George Frideric Handel calls Hercules a “musical drama”, and the work, first given in 1745, is indeed no static oratorio, but an absorbing English opera that presents the myth of Hercules’s death as a psychological tragedy. In it, Handel creates powerful character studies, particularly for the three main characters of Hercules the war hero, his wife Dejanira and the princess Iole. But the work’s highlights are its choruses that comment on the plot as in a Greek tragedy.

Musical Drama In Three Acts

Libretto By Thomas Broughton

Concert Performance In English With German Surtitles

Introduction To The Work 30 Minutes Before Curtain-up

Cast

Conductor:

David Stern

Hercules:

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Dejanira:

Avery Amereau

Iole:

Thaïs Raï-Westphal

Hyllus:

Bastien Rimondi

 

Opera Fuoco Orchestra
Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Venue
Theater an der Wien

About the Theater an der Wien
 

The New Opera House is not just any theatre, but the one that Emanuel Schikaneder, the all-round genius, actor, impresario with a flair for organization but above all librettist of The Magic Flute, had built in 1801 in Vienna in keeping with the spirit of Mozart.

To coincide with the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth the Theater an der Wien presents itself as a new opera house from January 2006. As a “season” opera house with productions all the year round the Theater an der Wien carves a new and independent niche in the realm of high-quality culture in Vienna. For twelve months of the year, with one premiere every month, opera will be performed under the “stagione”, or season, system: that means the cast remains unchanged from the first performance to the last one, which guarantees that the very highest international standards are maintained.

The theatre’s modern, accessible approach to music theatre as demonstrated by the works performed, the overall artistic concept Bespielung and the artistes is further underlined by the building itself, its architecture and the vibrancy of its location. The surroundings and materials, the intimate atmosphere and perfect acoustics in the historical theatre prepare the senses to experience beauty. The Theater an der Wien deliberately enters into a symbiotic relationship with its lively surroundings on the Naschmarkt street market and the young cultural scene centred in the Schleifmühl quarter.
 

How to get there


With public transport:
 

We can be reached by public transport: 

U1, U2 und U4 Station Karlsplatz, Exit Secession
Bus 59A Station Bärenmühldurchgang
Bus 57A Station Laimgrubengasse, pedestrians via Laimgrubengasse to Linke Wienzeile

KAMMEROPER:
Fleischmarkt 24, 1010 Wien


We can be reached by public transport:
U1, U4: Station Schwedenplatz
Tram Linie D (bei Ablenukung über Kai), 1, 2: Station Schwedenplatz
Bus 3A (on workdays)

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