Franco Fagioli (Countertenor)
Franco Fagioli was born in Tucumán, Argentina in 1981 and studied in Buenos Aires before winning the Bertelsmann ‘Neue Stimmen’ competition in 2003, which launched his career. He came to international prominence in 2013, when the release of his Arias for Caffarelli on Naïve and an astonishing performance as Arbace in Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse (released on CD and DVD by Warner) revealed a voice of remarkable power, agility and above all prodigious range which extends to a D above soprano top C and down into baritone register. Fagioli’s stage repertoire includes various roles which have been unperformed by male altos since the death of the castrato due to their high tessitura, such as Handel’s Ariodante and Piacere in his Il Trionfo del Tempo, Idamante in Mozart’s Idomeneo, and Cecilio in his Lucio Silla. In 2015 he became the first countertenor to sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, for whom his recordings have included Gluck’s Orfeo and albums of Rossini and Handel arias, and he also sings major roles on the world premiere recordings of Hasse’s Siroe and Vinci’s Catone in Utica (both for Decca).
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Recording of the Week,
Anime Immortali from Franco Fagioli
The Argentinian countertenor is at the top of his game in a programme exploring Mozart's writing for castrati, including the motet Exsultate, jubilate and arias from La finta giardiniera, Lucio Silla and La clemenza di Tito.
Interview,
Franco Fagioli on Anime Immortali
The Argentinian countertenor discusses his new album of sacred and secular Mozart (out today on Pentatone) - and recounts how his love-affair with singing the composer's music was ignited when he was cast as First Boy in Die Zauberflöte aged 11...
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