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CHICAGOCHICAGO — A musical drama that deals with jealousy, despair, madness and death, Handel’s “Hercules” was a resounding flop when first presented in 1745. It took nearly 200 years before this dark ...

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The Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere of Handel’s “Hercules,” this weekend at the Civic Opera House, brings together some of today’s foremost Handel singers in a boldly updated staging by Peter Sellars ...

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Ars Lyrica returns to the Hobby Center with a morality tale set to music by both Bach and Handel. The iconic strongman Hercules earned his place in the pantheon not through conquests but rather for ...

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Too late, she learns the blood contains an acid, and Hercules dies in agony. Dejanira goes mad with remorse, and Handel barely manages a happy ending by having Iole marry Hyllus, the son of Hercules ...