Awarded with the 54th International Prize Le Muse for his career in 2019, defined by Financial Times “elegant and honey-toned” and nominated by german critics “Best Young Singer 2015” for his rendition of the title role in Handel’s Orlando at Theater Aachen, Antonio Giovannini was born in Florence in 1980 and graduated there with honors in Piano, Canto and Foreign Languages. In 2008 he won the First Prize at the International Singing Competition Iris Adami Corradetti in Padova, awarded by Mara Zampieri.

Since his early debut he collaborated among the others with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Federico Maria Sardelli, Daniele Rustioni, Jordi Savall, James Conlon, Simone Young, Attilio Cremonesi, Ruben Dubrovsky, Jonathan Webb, Diego Fasolis and directors such as Stefano Poda, Alessandro Cobelli, Gabriele Lavia, Hinrich Horstkotte, Philipp Himmelmann, Elio De Capitani.

Starring in the most important theatres and festivals all other the world, he has sang in both baroque and contemporary repertoire, at Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Teatro La Fenice in Venezia, Opera of Firenze, Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, Teatro dell’Opera in Roma, Teatro Regio in Torino, Ravenna Festival, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Festival della Valle d’Itria, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palais Garnier in Paris, Opera de Dijon, Chateaux Versailles, Festival de Beaune, Theater Bonn, Theater Kiel, Theater Hof, Theater Aachen, Nathionaltheater Mannheim, Millennium Park in Chicago, Carnegie Hall in New York, Salzburgerfestspiele Haus Für Mozart, Halle Handelfestpiele, Göttingen Handelfestspiele, Winter in Schwetzingen, Konzerthaus in Wien, Musikverein in Wien, Theater an der Wien, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City e Art Centre iin Seoul.

In 2012 he made his debut with Carmina Burana at the Carnegie Hall in New York for the kick-off of the 2012-13 season with Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

His discography includes madrigals repertoire and opera, with Vivaldi’s Teuzzone for the Vivaldi Edition, the title role in Handel’s Rinaldo in the Arthaus DVD, Hasse’s Artaserse and Handel’s Rodelinda for Dynamic, Vinci’s Didone Abbandonata for Sony International.

He is voice teacher at the Conservatorio di Musica in Ferrara.

Among his recent and future commitments, it should be noted the title role in Handel’s Orlando at Theater Osnabrück, the debut in the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Ancient Roman Theatre in Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019, Carmina Burana at the Teatro Regio di Torino, the debut in the tour of the show “La voce perduta. Vita e Canto di Carlo Broschi Farinelli”, the debut with the role of Piacere in Handel’s Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Big Hall of the Conservatory in Moscow, the debut at Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla with Handel’s Agrippina with Ann Hallenberg and Enrico Onofri, the reprise of the title role in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice at the Teatro Politeama in Prato and in Plovdiv with the direction of Stefano Poda, “L’Esaltazione di Mardocheo” by Geremia in the amazing Monreale Cathedral, the debut at the Opernhaus Zurich with Bach’s Magnificat, the return to La Fenice with Vivaldi’s “Griselda”, the debut in the role of the Archangel in John Barber’s World Premiere of “The Song of the Ladder”, Carmina Burana at Teatro Pavarotti-Freni in Modena, the world premiere of Rossella Spinosa’s “Sogno di Keplero” written for his voice, the role of Laurindo in Ristori’s “Pigmalione” in Rovigo and the Christmas Concerto of Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto under the baton of Filippo Maria Bressan.

He is the first countertenor who was awarded with the International Prize Le Muse for his career, given also to such personality as Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Riccardo Muti.

October 2023