Lucie Skeaping presents a concert recorded earlier this month from the Lufthansa Festival given by Le Poeme Harmonique, which includes traditional carnival songs and commedia from Italy in the 17th century.

Most of the works in the concert are attributed to a certain 'Il Fasolo' - 'The Bean' - whose identity remains shrouded in mystery, but who certainly played an important part in the emergence of a new genre that was opera.

Duration:

1 hour