Carlo Gesualdo, prince of Venosa and count of Conza (c. 1566–1613), occupies a singular place in music history: a nobleman-composer whose life story—marked by violence,[…]

Carlo Gesualdo, the Prince of Venosa, was a man of stark contradictions. A composer of sublime and forward-looking music, he was also a figure of[…]

Carlo Gesualdo, an Italian Renaissance composer, is known for his intensely expressive and chromatically complex madrigals. His music, full of dramatic contrasts and emotional depth,[…]