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Published: Feb 14, 2006, 03:13 AM ET
Updated:Feb 10, 2022, 01:15 PM ET

SON OF ZEUS William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants in performing “Hercules,” with music by Handel. Hercules’s wife, Dejanira, enraged by his affair, sends him a poisoned robe. When he dies, his mistress prevails, eventually ruling the land with Hercules’s son. The 32-member choir performs as both a traditional chorus and a roving crowd.The stage is carpeted in sand, and the only set piece is a shattered statue of Hercules. Luc Bondy directs. Tonight, Thursday, and Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette St., between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 718-636-4100, $35-$150.

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