Le chant de la lagune

We share with Venice the blue and serene waters of the Mediterranean. This program will take you on a journey to the eternal lagoon and its canals that have always been haunted by the song of the gondoliers. It is precisely gondoliers that will be in question, since Rosanna Scalfi, the wife of the patrician and composer Benedetto Marcello, was part of this ancient trade before getting married. He will write cantatas for her, and she will respond by composing her own. Some works by their contemporaries Antonio Vivaldi and Diogenio Bigaglia will respond to this extraordinary love duet that will be accompanied by some real songs by period gondoliers.