[This text has been translated electronically.] Leonardo García Alarcón is a master of rediscoveries. For more than three centuries, »Il diluvio universale« had been forgotten, which he brings to the stage with his ensemble Cappella Mediterranea. »I am still surprised by the power and perfection of the work,« Alarcón says of the oratorio by the Baroque composer Michelangelo Falvetti. This retelling of the Old Testament Flood and the salvation of biodiversity by Noah's ark brims with imagination and gripping drama. Between rising tide and raging waves, a maelstrom is created that also appeals to our own actions against the backdrop of a changing climate.