Through the combination of sacred and profane that she embodies, the
profoundly human personality of Mary Magdalene greatly inspired artists
of the Baroque era, whether painters, poets or composers. It was in the
sphere of influence of Italian oratorios, highly prized at the court of
Vienna, that Antonio Bertali devoted a most moving sepolcro to her in
1663, a genre traditionally played during Holy Week. In 1617, in Mantua,
it was in the form of theatrical interludes that she was honoured by
court composers such as Salomone Rossi, Muzio Effrem and Claudio
Monteverdi, who wrote the prologue for this other Maddalena.
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