The fame of Father Giambattista Martini is largely due to the activity as a historiographer, theoretician and teacher of music unceasingly carried out by him in the Bolognese convent of S. Francesco: his monumental Storia della musica, the first history of music ever written in Italian and published in Italy, was hailed by the most distinguished personalities of that period, who unanimously praised his deep erudition; and a great number of young composers and musicographers from all over Europe, wishing to learn the secrets of this art, stopped in Bologna to receive a training or perfect their knowledge under his guidance.

In the musically glamorous Rome of the early 18th century, the young Handel was able to develop wonderfully as an artist. One of the exceptional Roman singers of the time was the tenor Vittorio Chiccheri, whom Handel used in the leading roles of his Roman oratorios. The Roman tenor Luca Cervoni traces the singer's career through arias by Handel, A. Scarlatti, Caldara and Chiccheri. With his soft and supple timbre and the great flexibility and agility of his voice, he brings Handel's famous tenor back to life.