A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo & Hercules
Part of the London Handel Festival
Shoreditch Town Hall
Thu, 27th to Sat, 29th March
Tickets: £15 – £70
Following the recent sell-out productions of Aci by the River (2024) and In the Realms of Sorrow (2023), the Handel Opera Studio, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and New English Ballet Theatre, presents Tales of Apollo and Hercules: a brand-new and original Handelian double bill.
Taking place in the grandeur of Shoreditch Town Hall’s Victorian Music Hall, Tales of Apollo and Hercules weaves together two sublime dramatic tales composed at opposite ends of Handel’s life.
Tales of Apollo and Hercules will explore the lives of two tragic and divine half-brothers and recount their quest for love, their battles with choice and anguish, and their acceptance of fate. Much-acclaimed director Thomas Guthrie joins NEBT Patron and Associate Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti to create a spellbinding evening of mythical and fantastical storytelling through drama and dance.
LHF favourites La Nuova Musica, and their conductor David Bates, join a cast of acclaimed soloists for this original Handel production.Tales of Apollo and Hercules promises to be one of the most original Handel events of 2025.
Programme
Apollo e Dafne HWV 122 and The Choice of Hercules HWV 69
Cast & Creatives
Apollo Dan D’Souza
Dafne Lauren Lodge-Campbell
Hercules James Hall
Pleasure Samantha Clarke
Virtue Bethany Horak-Hallett
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New English Ballet Theatre
La Nuova Musica
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Musical Director David Bates
Director Thomas Guthrie
Choreographer Valentino Zucchetti
Lighting Designer Emma Chapman
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Performance length: 2hrs 15mins (including one interval)
Tickets: £70, £60, £50, £45, £35, £25 (partially restricted view), £15 (restricted view)