Franco Fagioli

Franco Fagioli Maximiliano (born 4 May 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán ) is an Argentine countertenor.

Fagioli, which, in addition to the Argentine and Spanish nationality, studied piano at the Music Institute in San Miguel de Tucumán, then took on vocal studies at the Art Academy of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In 1997 he founded in San Martin de Porres a choir for young people. Then he hit a career as a countertenor.

In 2003, he won the Bertelsmann singing contest " New Voices " in Gütersloh. With Handel hero roles as Giulio Cesare, Ariodante, Teseo, Bertarido, as Nerone in L' incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi or as Arsace Aureliano in Palmira in Rossini 's international breakthrough came. In 2011 he received the Premio Abbiati as " Best Singer of the Year" - the highest musical award in Italy - awarded.

2013 Fagioli was in concert at the Theater an der Wien in Handel's Solomon ( ML: Matthew Halls ) and Rinaldo ( ML: Riccardo Minasi ) to see. At the Salzburg Whitsun Festival in 2014, he is a Velluti Giambattista ( 1780-1861 ) dedicated aria recital give ( ML: Diego Fasolis ).

Discography (selection)

  • Leonardo da Vinci: Artaserse Virgin ( Classics / EMI ) 2013.
  • Franco Fagioli. Canzone e Cantate. (Carus Publishing / SWR ) 2010.
  • George Frideric Handel: Berenice (EMI / Virgin Classics ), 2010.
  • George Frideric Handel: Teseo HWV 9 (Carus Publishing / SWR ) 2009.
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