Delizie di Posillipo - Musica para el virrey de Napoles

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Label
Lauda
Release Date
February 27, 2026
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Andrea Ansalone, Pietro Antonio Giramo, Scipione Lacorcia, Francesco Lambardi, Ettore de la Marra, G
    • PERFORMER
      La Grande Chapelle
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 27, 2026
    • UPC
      8435307620583
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LAU027
    • LABEL
      Lauda
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

On 1 March 1620, the festa a ballo Delizie di Posillipo was performed at the Royal Palace of Naples to celebrate the recovery of King Philip III. Promoted by the Viceroy Pedro Gir�n, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the spectacle featured splendid stage designs by Bartolomeo Cartaro and music by some of Naples' finest composers: Pietro Antonio Giramo, Giacomo Spiardo, Andrea Ansalone, and especially Francesco Lambardi and Giovanni Maria Trabaci, maestro di cappella and organist of the viceregal chapel. As in the great court intermedii, the performance combined arias, canzonettas, and dances, with alternating instrumental groups. On stage, Pan and Venus, symbols of the terrestrial and marine realms, compete for Posillipo, but the contest ends with a solemn final dance. La Grande Chapelle faithfully revives this sumptuous ballo, framed by the religious ceremonies and music organised by the Spanish court in Naples, a brilliant reflection of it's power, multicultural identity, and Baroque splendour.