Carlo Gesualdo. Notes for a film
Synopsis
The story of the prince musician Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo da Venosa, who lived between the 16th and 17th century, told by the testimonies of musicians and musicologists such as Francesco D'Avalos, descendant of Maria, the unfaithful wife killed by Gesualdo.
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