"Alla Napoletana" translates to "in the Neapolitan style" in English.

TARANTELLE, FOLLIES, CANTATAS, AND NAPOLITAN CANZONI BY ANDREA FALCONIERO, CRISTOFORO CARESANA, PIETRO ANTONIO GIRAMO, AND LUIGI ROSSI

In the 17th century, Naples was the capital of music and the cradle of opera and (southern) Commedia dell’Arte. The famous Neapolitan conservatories fostered the emergence of extraordinary music, innovative composers, and renowned castrati. In their program Alla Napoletana, Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata delve into the musical world of the 17th century: Two lovers, driven mad by their passion, lament their torments in a "hospital for heartbreak"; a war breaks out in the Gulf of Naples between small and large fish due to an unfaithful sardine; at the cradle of the infant Jesus, shepherds sing their lullabies and tarantellas; in the streets of Naples, people dance joyfully while virtuosic melodies resonate in the palaces. A program as diverse, lively, and colorful as the city by the Vesuvius.

Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles.