The Fest­iv­al Barocco Aless­andro Stradella was foun­ded in 2013 as a con­tinu­ation of the his­tor­ic Baroque Fest­iv­al of Viterbo and is now one of Italy’s most sig­ni­fic­ant plat­forms for the explor­a­tion, redis­cov­ery, and per­form­ance of 17^th-cen­tury music.

Rooted in the unique cul­tur­al land­scape of Viterbo and the Tus­cia region, the fest­iv­al links musi­co­lo­gic­al research, artist­ic pro­duc­tion, nur­tur­ing emer­ging tal­ent, and inter­na­tion­al col­lab­or­a­tion. Cent­ral to the fest­iv­al is the work of Aless­andro Stradella (1639–1682), one of the most ori­gin­al and innov­at­ive com­posers of the Itali­an Baroque, whose music bridges theatre, sac­red expres­sion, and vocal vir­tu­os­ity.

This year’s edi­tion will take place from 28 August to 27 Septem­ber 2026. The pro­gramme com­bines music­al tra­di­tions from Italy, France, Spain, the Medi­ter­ranean region and Lat­in Amer­ica, bridging old and con­tem­por­ary music, writ­ten and oral tra­di­tions, and his­tor­ic­al instru­ments and new son­ic worlds.

Opheli­as Cul­ture PR sup­ports the fest­iv­al and the Stradella Pro­ject, led by Andrea de Carlo, in gen­er­at­ing broad aware­ness for the rich cul­tur­al her­it­age of the Lazio region and its most import­ant com­poser, Aless­andro Stradella, bey­ond the roman­ti­cised image of a cursed geni­us.