Falvetti: Il Diluvio Universale (The Great Flood)
Il Diluvio Universale | The Great Flood (Messina, 1682)
Michelangelo Falvetti (1642 – 1693)
Elements, ministers of my ire,
Arm yourselves and avenge me.
Musica Antica Rotherhithe give Falvetti's Diluvio Universale its UK premiere, and one of only a handful of performances since the 17th Century. With anthropomorphised elements competing over the right to end mankind and a gleeful Grim Reaper eyeing victims, it's comedy of the darkest kind. But its pivotal message is of ho
Tickets £15, and £2 for anyone under-18.
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe, London SE16 5HF
Sat 22 Feb 2020