Hercules vs. Vampires is a musical reimagining of the legendary Mario Bava’s 1961 sword-and-sandal creature-feature — a color-drenched epic that was already highly operatic in scope. When the actors on the big screen, including  British body builder Reg Park (mentor to Arnold Schwarzenegger) and the great Christopher Lee (Hammer’s Dracula, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars) open their mouths to speak, the audience hears their lines belted-out   by a cast of nine opera singers, accompanied by the LA Opera Orchestra. This campy ‘midnight movie’  outshines its genre in ambitious special effects and striking cinematography,  perfectly married to Patrick Morganelli’s adventurous new opera composition.

Music and adapted libretto by Patrick Morganelli.