Gesualdo Tenebrae II - Sydney

Luminescence continues their three-year odyssey into the dark heart of the Renaissance, with the harrowing epicentre of Gesualdo's Tenebrae.

Four centuries on, this totemic work from an Italian master remains shockingly avant-garde. Tormented by his own murderous crimes, and likely unheard in his lifetime beyond the walls of his own castle, Gesualdo's twisted harmony turns inward, the texture ever denser, and the pacing ebbing ever slower, as he addresses the bloody core of the Passion story. Suspended between betrayal and resurrection, Gesualdo's most desolate work pulls us into his unrelieved confrontation with suffering, death, and guilt.

Don't miss the second instalment of Luminescence's landmark Gesualdo Tenebrae series, directed by Roland Peelman.