Hercules: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Hercules by Georg Friedrich Händel; Thomas Broughton: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 4 original MP3 tracks, 32:22 running time and a link to listen.
Hercules, credited to Georg Friedrich Händel; Thomas Broughton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Hercules by Georg Friedrich Händel; Thomas Broughton. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Hercules is an English Oratorio composed by Georg Friedrich Händel 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 Iole: ShrimpPhish Lichas: Brian Fullen Priest of Jupiter: Larry Wilson Trachinian: Agnes Robert Behr Chorus/Narration: Alan Mapstone
Recording facts
- Recording title: Hercules
- Author credits: Georg Friedrich Händel; Thomas Broughton
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 4
- Listed recording duration: 32:22
Catalogue topics
- oratorio
Track guide
- 00 - Introduction and Dramatis Personae — 2:14
- 01 - Act 1 — 10:12
- 02 - Act 2 — 10:15
- 03 - Act 3 — 9:41
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