London Handel Festival Double Bill: Tales of Apollo and Hercules

London Handel Festival Double Bill: Tales of Apollo and Hercules

Quotations about – not from – myth festoon both stage (pre-performance) and the accompanying freesheet: ‘The lover of myth is in a sense a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonders’ (Aristotle, from Metaphysics: follow this link to read the quote in context) and, ‘Myth is much more than a story. It is a way of understanding the universe’ (Joseph Conrad). True words. One Richard Wagner knew much of this; and so did Handel and the people of his…