Una de patetismo barroco en estado puro...

"Sant'Alessio", dramma musicale in three acts, music by Stefano Landi, libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX), created in Roma in 1631.

Act I, Scene 5 (excerpt)
- Amara, infida notte... (Sposa, Madre, Curzio, Nutrice)
- Dovunque stassi, dolce Gesù... (Coro di Domestici)

Sposa: Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor.
Madre: Xavier Sabata, countertenor.
Curzio: Damien Guillon, countertenor.
Nutrice: Jean-Paul Bonnevalle, countertenor.

Maîtrise de Caen. Chœur et Orchestre des Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie.

Director: Benjamin Lazar.

Théâtre de Caen, October 18, 2007.

SUBLIME!!!