Sicily, land of passions, was home to Alessandro Scarlatti, as well as to several other composers less well-known today, like Sigismondo d’India and Cataldo Amodei. The Cappella Mediterranea ensemble and its...

Leonardo García Alarcón, conductorChœur de Chambre de NamurCappella MediterraneaGiuseppina Bridelli, sopranoMarianne Beate Kielland, sopranoPaulin Bündgen, altoValerio Contaldo,...

  Carmina Latina - Leonardo García Alarcón from Ozango on Vimeo. During the conquest of the ‘Americas’, Spanish and Portuguese priests exported their tradition of polyphonic music to...

Watch it CultureboxDrama per musica en un prologue et trois actes, représenté au Teatro San Apollinare, à Venise, le 26 (ou le 30) décembre 1655. Erismena (1655) of Francesco...

After the memorable Medea by Cherubini, Il Giasone alternates between tragedy and buffoonery, adapting mythological legend to its own ends. The work by Francesco Cavalli, premiered at the Venetian carnival, presents...

The musical training of Giovanni Paolo Colonna (Bologna, 1637 - 1695) took place initially in his city of origin, and then in Rome, where he had important musicians as masters, including Antonio Maria Abbatini,...

In the tradition of Carissimi and Handel, Falvetti’s very original music expresses the strong cross-cultural dimension of Sicily, a land blending singing from the East and West. Il Diluvio...

Cappella MediterraneaChœur des Chaldéens : Chœur de chambre de NamurLeonardo García Alarcón – directionAriel Rychter – organ & direction assistant In the...

February 2016, Cappella Mediterranea played the continuo for this production of the Opera of Geneva directed by Leonardo García Alarcón with the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande. The...

Although named in every history of music as an important composer and as one of the creators of the Italian madrigal, principally known for the madrigal Il bianco e dolce cigno and even more so by an incorrectly...

Few composers paint human emotion as vividly or with greater insight, wit and poignancy than Barbara Strozzi – the pioneering Venetian composer, born 400 years ago, whose songs and madrigals stand alongside...

In 2015, we performed The Grand Motets of Jean-Baptiste Lully under several forms to the Festivasl of Saint-Denis, Namur, Saint-Riquier but also in the Hall of Mirrors in...

Tragédie mise en musique in 5 acts and a prologue by Marc-Antoine Charpentier Libretto by Thomas Corneille. Premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on December 4, 1693. New...

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Dal mio Permesso amato a voi ne vegno [L’Orfeo, favola in musica, Mantua, 1607]Ed è pur dunque vero [Scherzi Musicali, Venecia, 1632]Pianto della Madonna [Selva morale e...

Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur,Coro de la Ciudad de Mendoza (Buenos Aires nov 6th) Leonardo García Alarcón direction, Mariana Flores soprano, Giuseppina Bridelli mezzo soprano, Anna...

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINSVices, virtues and passions in Claudio Monteverdi's music A concert that digs deep into the violent and conflicting human emotions. The amorous torments of the madrigals, the pure nobility of...

Semi-opera in 5 acts by Henry PurcellLibretto by John Dryden. First performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691. New production Sung in English with English and French...

LES INDES GALANTES Opéra-ballet de Jean-Philippe Rameau Livret de Louis Fuzelier Créé à Paris en 1735 Pour la première fois au Grand Théâtre de...

Opera in four acts and a prologue Music Jean-Philippe Rameau Libretto Louis Fuzelier This landmark work, rediscovered in the 20th century, has left its mark on the history of Opera. Les Indes...

La Finta Pazza Francesco Paolo Sacrati (1605-1650) Cappella MediterraneaLeonardo García Alarcón ConductorJean Yves Ruf Director

Recital of the most beautiful airs of Cavalli and Strozzi, Interpreted by Mariana Flores Accompanied by the continuo of Cappella Mediterranea.