Rasi, Francesco - Soleil Noir - Gonzalez Toro, Emiliano
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Composer, poet and virtuoso
singer, Francesco Rasi (1574-1621)
unquestionably influenced the vocal
style around the dawn of the 17th
century and the birth of opera. He
created the title role in Monteverdi’s
opera L’Orfeo; and in the shady
ambiguity of his personal character
he seems to embody the chiaroscuro
atmosphere of late Renaissance
Italy. This programme, devised by
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and his
ensemble I Gemelli – here in its most
intimate, pared-down line-up of solo
voice, viola da gamba, lute and harp
– displays the art of the tenor at the
fruitful period of the canto fiorito,
the ornately decorated melody so
emblematic of the vocal school of
Florence and Ferrara.