Ian Bostridge sings Provenzale: La Stellidaura, Act 1: Deh rendetemi ombre care

Ian Bostridge demonstrates the important place that the tenor voice held in Italian opera from the mid17th to the mid18th century in Tormento damore, with Antonio Florio and Cappella Neapolitana. Discover here: The socalled Neapolitan School of opera whose foundation is often credited to the Sicilianborn Alessandro Scarlatti (16601725) became highly influential in the course of the 18th century. In the 17th century, composers such as Francesco Provenzale (16321704), considered the father of Neapolitan opera, took a lead from the work of the great master of Venetian opera, Francesco Cavalli (16021676). Video: Paul Bates