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    Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti (2025)

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    Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti (2025)

    Franco Fagioli, Stefan Plewniak, Chœur & Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti (2025)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 296 Mb | Total time: 65:26 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS162 | Recorded: 2024

    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. His talent for highly complex vocal ornamentation had a lasting influence on the style of vocal interpretation in the 19th century.

    Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou - Rossini (2016)

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    Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou - Rossini (2016)

    Franco Fagioli, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou - Gioachino Rossini (2016)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 315 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 175 Mb | Scans included
    Classical, Vocal | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 5681 | Time: 01:15:21

    Countertenor performances of 19th century opera are a historical and, ultimately, true novelty. This said, for those who love the sound of the countertenor voice and want to give it a try, there are several factors that recommend this release by countertenor Franco Fagioli, with the small orchestra Armonia Atenea under George Petrou. First is that castrati were still around in Rossini's time, although on the decline, and the composer was reportedly intrigued by their voices. Second, Fagioli, unlike the vast majority of other countertenors, studied bel canto singing rather than Baroque repertory exclusively, and a certain distance present in the work of other countertenors is absent here. And third, and most important, is Fagioli's voice itself. Of the countertenors active today, he's the one with the range, the power, the attitude to make you suspend disbelief and think for a moment that you're actually listening to a castrato. He enters into the various Rossini roles represented on this recording, several of which were mezzo-soprano "pants" roles; this adds to the layers of identity-switching happening, and the parts hit Fagioli's vocal sweet spot. A bonus is that several of these are from Rossini opere serie that are little played or recorded.

    Franco Fagioli, Zefira Valova, Il Pomo d'Oro - Leonardo Vinci: Veni, Vidi, Vinci (2020)

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    Franco Fagioli, Zefira Valova, Il Pomo d'Oro - Leonardo Vinci: Veni, Vidi, Vinci (2020)

    Franco Fagioli, Zefira Valova, Il Pomo d'Oro - Leonardo Vinci: Veni, Vidi, Vinci (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 426 Mb | Total time: 71:09 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 483 8358 | Recorded: 2019

    Franco Fagioli lavishes his "extraordinary agility and richly upholstered voice" (Gramophone) on Leonardo Vinci, the Neapolitan composer who influenced Handel and many later masters of Italian opera. Fagioli is joined again by Il Pomo d'Oro led by Zefira Valova, the superb period-instrument ensemble on his previous album. Veni, Vidi, Vinci features seven world premiere recordings from the Neapolitan composer, unearthed for this great recording.

    Corrado Rovaris, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia - Hasse: Artaserse (2016)

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    Corrado Rovaris, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia - Hasse: Artaserse (2016)

    Corrado Rovaris, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia - Hasse: Artaserse (2016)
    NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 4.89 Gb+7.75 Gb (2xDVD9) | 189 min
    Classical | Dynamic | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Korean, Japanese

    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 the role of Arbace, Cuzzoni as Mandane and the castrato Nicolino as Artabano. Following its initial success, Hasse produced two different versions of the work, the first in 1740 and the second in 1760. This world première recording is based on the original Venice version. The exceptional cast features countertenor Franco Fagioli in the role originally taken by Farinelli, his stunning technique making light of the 3-octave range with uniform timbre, remarkable power and striking resonance. Equally memorable is the aria “Pallido sole” sung by Sonia Prina.

    Jan Tomasz Adamus, Capella Cracoviensis - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (2016)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Jan Tomasz Adamus, Capella Cracoviensis - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (2016)

    Jan Tomasz Adamus, Capella Cracoviensis - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria (2016)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 876 Mb | Total time: 177:59 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Decca | 483 0004 | Recorded: 2015

    New love, position, power, revenge, disguise, mistaken identity, complications and passionate devotion – the full spectrum of baroque opera seria is here in this new recording of Pergolesi’s ‘Adriano In Siria’. Franco Fagioli leads the cast, alongside Romina Basso, Yuriy Mynenko, Dilyara Idrisova, Juan Sancho and Cigdem Soyarslan, accompanied by the exuberant Polish orchestra Capella Cracoviensis under the baton of Jan Tomasz Adamus. Famed for his Stabat Mater, Pergolesi died aged just 26 but had already completed four opera seria; ‘Adriano in Siria’ is the third of these and has a libretto by Metastasio.

    Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - George Frideric Handel: Berenice (2010)

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    Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - George Frideric Handel: Berenice (2010)

    Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco - George Frideric Handel: Berenice (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 890 Mb | Total time: 60:29+51:14+54:32 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 50999 628536 2 | Recorded: 2009

    Berenice is one of those slightly problematic operas which seem to work better in the theatre where the gender of the characters is (usually) more obvious. Here we have a pair of low voices, one singing a man and one a woman, and a pair of high voices similarly paired. Curtis has chosen a beautifully balanced cast. But it is one where the voices are not highly distinctive so that you sometimes have to concentrate to tell whether Berenice or Alessandro is singing, or Selene or Arsace. If you listen to the opera with the libretto these sort of problems disappear.

    Franco Fagioli - The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti (2025)

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    Franco Fagioli - The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti (2025)

    Franco Fagioli - The Last Castrato. Arias for Velluti (2025)
    WEB FLAC (Tracks) 250 MB | Cover | 01:05:26 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 153 MB
    Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles

    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. His talent for highly complex vocal ornamentation had a lasting influence on the style of vocal interpretation in the 19th century. Franco Fagioli immerses himself in Velluti's theatricality to recreate the full extent of his genius, and gives a superb performance of his most famous roles, accompanied by the Orchestre de l'Opera Royal de Versailles.

    Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2017)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2017)

    Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d’Astrée - George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (2017)
    NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (Linear PCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 3 ch) | 138 min | 7,62 Gb (DVD9)
    Classical | Label: Erato | Sub: Italiano, Francais, Deutsch, English | Recorded: 2016

    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. It is particularly in the field of opera that the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence continues to break new ground and this release from the 2016 festival demonstrates that. In this new staging – a coproduction with the Opéra de Lille, Théâtre de Caen – Emmanuelle Haïm directs Le Concert d’Astrée with a star-studded cast including Franco Fagioli, Sara Mingardo, Michael Spyres, and exclusive Erato artist Sabine Devieilhe.

    Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro, Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2020)

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    Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro, Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2020)

    Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro, Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.12 Gb | Total time: 74:44+75:58+79:39 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029533658 | Recorded: 2019

    Joyce DiDonato has staked a powerful claim on the multi-faceted title role of Handel’s opera Agrippina. In the words of The Telegraph, she sings it with “authority, grandeur and high style”. She recently performed it to critical acclaim at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden with Maxim Emelyanychev, Chief Conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro. Joining them on this recording is a cast of established and rising stars that includes Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Franco Fagioli, Luca Pisaroni, Elsa Benoit and Jakub Józef Orliński.

    Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)

    Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Nulla in mundo pax (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 308 Mb | Total time: 59:16 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: DECCA | # 483 3874 | Recorded: 2016

    Julia Lezhneva, Franco Fagioli and Diego Fasolis: three stars of the Baroque unite to record Vivaldi’s most popular choral work. Julia Lezhneva – “a serene, sleek voice, beatific in timbre, with a bell-like resonance” (Financial Times) – adds the glorious solo motet Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera. Franco Fagioli – “one of today's great vocal technicians” (The Guardian) – records the Nisi Dominus with its haunting ‘Cum Dederit’. Diego Fasolis and I Barocchisti are today’s Vivaldi interpreters par excellence.

    Franco Fagioli, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - Messiah (2023)

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    Franco Fagioli, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - Messiah (2023)

    Franco Fagioli, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal - Messiah (2023)
    FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:12:30 | 737 Mb
    Genre: Classical

    Star absolue du baroque et du bel canto du début du XIXe siècle, particulièrement à l’aise dans les acrobaties rossiniennes, Franco Fagioli s’est mis depuis peu à la direction d’orchestre comme en témoigne cet enregistrement du Messiede Haendel réalisé dans l’acoustique généreuse de la Chapelle Royale du château de Versailles.Le célèbre oratorio de Haendel porte ici des couleurs latines avec les voix du Chœur de Chambre du Palais de la Musique de Catalogne et les musiciens de l’Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal avec un quatuor très homogène d’excellents solistes : Marie Lys, soprano, Margherita Maria Sala, contralto, Pablo Bemsch, ténor et Alex Rosen, basse.Cette coloration transalpine n’est nullement un non sens si l’on pense au style italien qu’Haendel avait apporté à l’Angleterre dans ses opéras et dans certains de ses oratorios. C’est à l’occasion d’une invitation en Irlande qu’il composa, à toute vitesse comme à son habitude, un nouvel oratorio en vingt-quatre jours pour des œuvres de bienfaisance de Dublin en 1742. Avec ses tempi rapides et son approche joyeuse, la conception de Franco Fagioli suit le tour de force de Haendel en donnant à cet ouvrage archi-célèbre une allégresse d’une virtuosité vocale et instrumentale bienvenue.

    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Nicola Porpora: Carlo il Calvo (2022)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Nicola Porpora: Carlo il Calvo (2022)

    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Nicola Porpora: Carlo il Calvo (2022)
    WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 933 Mb | Total time: 03:19:36 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Parnassus Arts | # PARARTS002 | Recorded: 2021

    Nicola Porpora is mostly known for being Haydn's teacher, but his own music, which took him to many European countries, is largely forgotten. He was a near contemporary of Handel, and while one might pick Handel between the two if forced, it was a first-among-equals situation. One could not ask for a better introduction to Porpora's operatic music than this 2023 release. The opera Carlo il Calvo ("Carlo the Bald") was composed in 1738 and is an opera seria dealing with a succession struggle in the medieval Holy Roman Empire.

    Franco Fagioli, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Anime Immortali (2023)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Franco Fagioli, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Anime Immortali (2023)

    Franco Fagioli, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Anime Immortali (2023)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 204 Mb | Total time: 47:17 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC5187044 | Recorded: 2020

    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, the recorded works share a sublime and profound character, demonstrating Mozart’s strong connection to the castrato voice. With this album, Fagioli finally returns to the composer that inflamed his desire to become a musician during his youth.

    Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)

    Diego Fasolis, Cecilia Bartoli, I Barocchisti - The Steffani Project (2013)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,33 Gb | Total time: 03:48:21 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: DECCA | # 478 5827 | Recorded: 2011-2013

    The triumphant release of Mission in autumn 2012 drew rave reviews and was followed up in September 2013 with Steffani’s Stabat Mater, alongside his greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, and a further disc of dances and overtures with the celebrated I Barrochisti conducted by Diego Fasolis. On the Stabat Mater, Bartoli leads an array of internationally celebrated singers including countertenor Franco Fagioli, the bass Salvo Vitale and the two young German tenors Daniel Behle and Julian Prégardien. The final album of the collection is Danze & Ouvertures’, contains 43 great tracks of enchanting early-baroque music.

    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Johann Adolf Hasse: Siroe, Re di Persia (2014)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Johann Adolf Hasse: Siroe, Re di Persia (2014)

    George Petrou, Armonia Atenea - Johann Adolf Hasse: Siroe, Re di Persia (2014)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 894 Mb | Total time: 170:28 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: DECCA | # 478 6768 | Recorded: 2014

    The rediscovery of the almost forgotten opera seria repertory of the 18th century has led to spectacular aria recitals by stars as big as Renée Fleming as well as a host of European and American specialists. Recordings of entire operas, other than those by Handel, have been a good deal rarer; even Vivaldi hasn't really gotten his due. Now comes this major-label release of an opera by Johann Adolf Hasse, a German composer who conquered Italy (they called him "Il Caro Sassone," the dear Saxon) and married one of the leading sopranos of the age, Faustina Bordoni. Siroe is an adapation of a story also set by Handel, in a slightly different version; the libretto here is by Pietro Metastasio, despite his cancer-evoking name the most famous operatic dramatist of the century.