Stradella composed 8 oratorios, 6 known and 2 that are lost – one in latin composed in Rome at the beginning of his career, and one in Italian, perhaps in Genoa during the last years of his life. Two sopranos, contralto, tenor, bass and chorus (SSCTB) Two violins and basso continuo The oratorio was composed in Genoa in Spring 1681. The work was commissioned by Francesco II D’Este, duke of Modena, and was performed for the first time in April of the same years at the Oratory of San Carlo Rotondo....