Newlin, Quintans, Bridelli, Wolf, Cappella Mediterranea & Leonardo García Alarcón
Biography Newlin, Quintans, Bridelli, Wolf, Cappella Mediterranea & Leonardo García Alarcón
Cappella Mediterranea
Leonardo García Alarcón founded the Cappella Mediterranea in 2005. From the Latin American repertoire to the madrigal repertoire and grand opera, the Cappella Mediterranea performs in small or large ensembles depending on the work. Starting with the Italian and Spanish repertoire, the ensemble is encouraged by the diverse ambitions of its director to also interpret French, Flemish or Germanic composers. His enthusiasm for all forms of theatrical art has led to their participation in Rameau's »Indes galantes« at the Opéra Bastille in 2019, in Jean-Baptiste Lully's »Atys« in Geneva and Versailles as well as in Claudio Monteverdis »L'incoronazione di Poppea« in Aix-en-Provence in 2022 and Versailles in 2023. More recently, the ensemble expanded its repertoire to contemporary music and presented the first major work by Leonardo García Alarcón: the oratorio »La Passione di Gesù«, which was performed in Ambronay and Geneva in 2022 as well as at the Festival de Saint-Denis in 2023.
Cappella Mediterranea is supported by the Ministry of Culture - DRAC Auvergne Rhône Alpes, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, the City of Geneva, a Swiss family foundation, a Geneva private foundation, and by its Circle of Friends and its Circle of Entrepreneurs with Diot-Siac, Chatillon Architects, Synapsys, Quinten and 400 Partners Aline Foriel-Destezet is the main sponsor of Cappella Mediterranea. Cappella Mediterranea is a member of the Fevis (Federation of Specialized Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles) and CNM (National Center of Music).
