More By Artist: Franco Fagioli
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Franco Fagioli sings Rossini Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Fagioli's technical skill is without doubt and he can fling off the most challenging coloratura with aplomb…challenging, slightly mad - and why not?" OperaNow |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias Franco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Countertenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate,... |
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Franco Fagioli / Corrado Rovaris [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Set: Alessandro Camera Costume Designer: Andrea Viotti Lighting Designer: Antonio Macchitella A classic work of its genre and historical period, Artaserse was premièred in Venice in 1730 by the most famous singers of the day: Farinelli in... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589 / Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126) RV608 / Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Franco Fagioli (countertenor) / I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "Crisp tempos, disciplined ensemble, and solo improvisations both vocal and instrumental unleash the tremendous energy of the choir-and-solo Gloria." (BBC Music) |
GLUCK
Orfeo ed Euridice (complete opera in Italian) Franco Fagioli, Malin Hartelius, Emmanuelle de Negri / Accentus, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey [ Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2015 ] "This is a big spotlight for the relatively little-known Insula Orchestra and Accentus choir, who are led by Equilbey with verve and delicacy." (The Times) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a (complete opera recorded in 2016) Le Concert d'Astree / Sabine Devieilhe, Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, Michael Spyres / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 10/Jun/2017 ] Festival d'Aix-en-Provence has firmly established itself as France's preeminent summer festival and is a key fixture on the international festival calendar. |
LEONARDO VINCI
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Lorraine National Opera / Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli, Max Emanuel Cencic, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Diego Fasolis (director) [ Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/May/2014 ] "This magnificent production is a complete and blissful success. Don't miss it." Those were the words of the French website Classique News when Leonardo Vinci's rediscovered Artaserse was staged by Silviu Purcãrete at the Opéra National de Lorraine... |
LEONARDO VINCI
Catone in Utica (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli, Valer Sabadus, Martin Mitterutzner / Il Pomo D'oro, Riccardo Minasi [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Sancho's beefy tenor aptly characterises Cato's scepticism about reaching a diplomatic resolution...Il Pomo d'Oro, directed by Riccardo Minasi, vividly characterise each scene with theatrical zest." (Gramophone) |
LEONARDO VINCI
Vinci: Artaserse (complete opera) Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus / Concerto Köln, Diego Fasolis [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Stabat Mater / etc Cecilia Bartoli, Nuria Rial, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, Franco Fagioli / I Barocchisti & Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] Cecilia Bartoli's exploration of the music of Steffani continues on from her best-selling recording 'Mission' with an album of the celebrated Stabat Mater alongside Steffani's greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, constituting the... |
NICOLA ANTONIO ZINGARELLI
Zingarelli: Giulietta e Romeo (complete opera) Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Stefan Plewniak [ Château de Versailles Spectacles - L'opéra de Napoléon CD + DVD / CD/DVD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Napoleon's fervor for opera was extreme. This music-loving conqueror brought to him a young Italian star, the contralto Giuseppina Grassini, and the most dazzling castrato: Girolamo Crescentini, the only singer to move the Emperor to tears. Invited... |
NICCOLÒ ANTONIO ZINGARELLI
Zingarelli: Giulietta e Romeo Franco Fagioli; Adèle Charvet; Krystian Adam; Valentino Buzza; Nicolò Balducci; Florie Valiquette; Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal; Stefan Plewniak [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / DVD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] In an intrigue-filled Verona, Giulietta and her beloved Romeo struggle to live out their love in the face of conflicts between their families... Inspired by Luigi Da Porto's original 16th-century novella, Niccoló Antonio Zingarelli breathed new life... |
LEONARDO VINCI
Vinci: Veni, Vidi, Vinci Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Il Pomo d'Oro, Zefira Valova [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] Following up his 'fantastic' (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Handel recital, Franco Fagioli lavishes his 'extraordinary agility and richly upholstered voice' (Gramophone) on Leonardo Vinci, the Neapolitan composer who influenced Handel and many later masters. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 2018) Franco Fagioli (Serse), Vivica Genaux, Inga Kalna, Francesca Aspromonte / Il Pomo d ́Oro Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2018 ] "I'd guess that a voice like Franco Fagioli's…comes as close as we can get today to the mingled brilliance, suppleness and power of the great castrati in their pomp." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2019 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI / FRANCESCO MORLACCHI / SAVERIO MERCADANTE / PAOLO BONFICHI / GIUSEPPE NICOLINI
The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Giovanni Battista Velluti, born in 1780, was the last heir of the great Italian castrati. His exceptional voice, both powerful and agile, and his impressive vocal mastery opened the doors to the most prestigious opera houses in Europe. |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (complete opera) Franco Fagioli, Romina Basso, Yuriy Mynenko, Dilyara Idrisova, Juan Sancho / Capella Cracoviensis, Jan Tomasz Adamus [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 24/Aug/2017 ] "Fagioli traverses two octaves of fioritura seamlessly, many times, and is well-matched by Yuriy Mynenko as a suave Adriano. Tenor Juan Sancho has juicier recitatives to work with as Osroa, King of Parthia and arsonist, and does so with swagger." BBC |
ANTONIO CALDARA
La concordia de' pianeti Veronica Cangemi, Delphine Galou, Ruxandra Donose, Franco Fagioli, Daniel Behle, Carlos Mena, Luca Tittoto / La Cetra Barockorchester, Andrea Marcon [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2014 ] This release marks the world-premiere recording and rediscovery of Antonio Caldara's La Concordia de' pianeti, a musical serenade of operatic magnitude composed for the court of Austrian Emperor Karl VI, featuring the crème de la crème of the day's... |
