Carlo Gesualdo – Breaking the Rules

Gerald Kyd Gesualdo
Wezi Elliott Theorbo
Clare Norburn Writer & Producer
Nicholas Renton Director

Marian Consort

Rory McCleery, director

Breaking the Rules is part concert/part one-man play, exploring the extraordinary life and music of 16th century composer Carlo Gesualdo, best known today for his intensely sensual, idiosyncratic, even extreme, musical style. His reputation rests equally on his gruesome murder of his first wife and her lover in flagrante. Breaking the Rules explores Gesualdo’s strange world and his astounding music.

‘The performances are models of discretion and musical taste, every texture clear, every phrase beautifully shaped.’ GUARDIAN
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