Antonio Florio

Long before the Neapolitan song became synonymous with a classic, almost stereotypical sound of Italy's musical heritage (think "O sole mio" and "Funniculi, funnicula"), Naples was a hotbed of musical activity in the Baroque era. Much of that tradition languished in obscurity before the efforts of conductor Antonio Florio, founder of the Cappella Neapolitana ensemble and musicologist who's recovered and restored music of Neapolitan composers to the thrill of local and international audiences. Born in Bari in 1956, Florio studied in his hometown at the Conservatorio Niccolò Pi...