Ercole AmanteFrancesco Cavalli, a natural successor to Monteverdi, was the most famous and influential Italian opera composer during the mid 17th century. Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister to the king, commissioned Cavalli to create a Parisian spectacle to celebrate the wedding of the 'Sun King' Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain. Ercole amante ('Hercules in Love') was the flattering subject chosen for this regal extravaganza combining larger than life characters

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4) for walking violinist and mobile chamber ensemble

the young thief joins into an alliance with the impossible warrior

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and music underwent major change

and the simple enjoyment of a moment in passing time

not of the ensembles which concentrate on compositions of the nineteenth century

encourages the composer to venture into new instrumentations even in modern times

because we didn't have an audience when we were making them

they have been praised as 'cultivated' by The New Yorker

he triumphed in the lead role of the musical "Hair" where he replaced Julien Clerc