I pellegrini al sepolcro di Nostro Signore

PROGRAMME

JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE • I pellegrini al sepolcro di Nostro Signore

INFORMATION

Oratorio for five voices, winds, strings and continuo, 1742
Text by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino
Stage right: Ut Orpheus Edizioni, Bologna

PERFORMERS

Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Monica Tarone, Agapito
Elena Monti, Eugenio
Daniela Barcellona, Teotimo
Franco Fagioli, Albino
Luca Pisaroni, Guida

SERIES

• Arie per Senesino
• Neapolitan Church Music of the Settecento
• Via Toledo – Street Music from the Two Sicilies

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Four pilgrims make their way to Jerusalem to visit the stations of Christ's passion. They arrive at the Holy Grave, where they are moved by intense feelings and imagine the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. A reflection on the passion of Christ from the quill of librettist Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, set to music by Johann Adolph Hasse who was a student of Porpora and Scarlatti and is regarded as one of the most important composers of the Neapolitan School.