In 1668, in Vienna, Pietro Antonio Cesti premiered *Il pomo d’oro*, an opera conceived as a production of exceptional scale, performed over two evenings due to its extraordinary length. A landmark of the Imperial Baroque, the music for Acts III and V has been lost.

The proposed project does not seek to reconstruct these missing pages, but rather offers a recreation inspired by the original, embracing the rupture in history as a driving force for creation. Venezuelan musician Pablo Agudo López thus envisions a dialogue between Cesti’s musical language and our own. His sonic universe champions the idea of a “living Baroque,” infused with cultural fusion, rhythm, and invention, much like the 17th-century composers who seamlessly integrated madrigals, sacred music, dance, improvisation, and theater without hierarchy.

The orchestra is based on a core of instruments typical of the 17th century, enriched with modern and traditional instruments such as the piano, the Venezuelan cuatro, African-American percussion, and a synthesizer. The ten soloists take on multiple roles, reinforcing the ensemble’s theatrical and fluid dimension.