

Viva Napoli: nativity scenes and pizza, Maradona and music… But Naples is also home to Cimarosa, Pergolesi, Vinci, Leo, Porpora, Durante, as well as Jommelli and Gluck. These musical treasures from Naples’ Baroque libraries are awaiting to be (re)discovered !


Commissioned by the Ospedale degli Incurabili around 1738, this oratorio, based on a striking biblical subject, was composed by Johann Adolf Hasse for the female voices of the hospice. In contrast to this original conception, Thibault Noally and his ensemble Les Accents present a version sung (almost) exclusively by countertenors. Philippe Jaroussky, Jakub Józef Orliński, […]
