IL DILUVIO UNIVERSALE
Michel Angelo Falvetti
A life-saving flood for Messina... Here is one of the rare baroque musical accounts of this Sicilian town, which has known many earthquakes and tidal waves. The subject is furthermore symbolic; the four elements plead to God for man's destruction, death intervenes in his favour, man will know 'only' the flood and will finally be saved from the waters.
In the tradition of Carissimi and Handel, the highly original music reflects Sicily, a hybrid land known for having combined the songs of East and West. One can think of no better interpreter than Leonardo García Alarcón to translate here its intensity and emotion.
Noé : Fernando Guimarães, ténor
Rad : Mariana Flores, soprano
La Justice divine : Evelyn Ramirez, contre-alto
La Mort : Fabián Schofrin, contre-ténor
L'eau : Magali Arnault, soprano
Dieu : Matteo Bellotto, basse
La Nature humaine : Caroline Weynants soprano
La Cappella Mediterranea
Chœur de chambre de Namur
Leonardo García Alarcón, direction
21 ноя 2010
