“(…) Posing as the doctor to the King of England and the Pope, this charlatan had no real expertise but was yet recommended to two composers. (…)”

“ Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) was a famous Italian composer and nobleman renowned for his expressive, avant-garde madrigals of the 16th century.

But behind his great musical abilities lay a man consumed by jealousy, capable of the worst atrocities. His tragic fate undoubtedly shaped his compositions.(…)”