Loriana Castellano - Emilia

A winner of the A. Belli Competition 2010 in Spoleto, she studied the Baroque repertoire with Edward Smith and Sara Mingardo at the Cappella della Pietà dai Turchini in Naples. Among her recent performances: Handel’s Alcina (Bradamante) with Le Parlement de Musique de Strasbourg and Martin Gester; Myslivecek’s Medonte with L’Arte del Mondo led and Werner Ehrhardt (recorded for Sony/DHM); Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans (Abra) in Braunschweig and Beaune with Modo Antiquo and Federico Maria Sardelli; Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer in Utrecht.

Antonio Giovannini - Fulvio

Still very young he made his debut in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo at the Teatro San Domenico in Crema, starting a career with a very busy schedule in Baroque music. He was then chosen by Riccardo Muti for the role of Matusio in Jommelli’s Demofoonte (at the Salzburg Festival and at the Palais Garnier in Paris) and for a production of Jommelli’s Betulia Liberata both in Salzburg and Ravenna. In 2009 he made his debut at the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Beaune in Handel's Giulio Cesare (Tolomeo) with Al Ayre Español and Eduardo Lopez-Banzo. Since 2009 he is a regular guest at the Kiel Opera, where he sang the title roles in Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Rinaldo under Rubén Dubrovsky. In 2010 he was Unulfo in a new production of Handel’s Rodelinda conducted by Diego Fasolis at the Martina Franca Festival. In summer 2011 he sang and recorded (for Naïve) the role of Egaro in Vivaldi’s Teuzzone in Versailles with Les Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall. His repertoire also include contemporary operas and works by Britten like Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon) and The Turn of the Screw.

His future plans include: Scarlatti’s Marco Attilio Regolo in Schwetzingen and a new production of Handel's Radamisto (title role) at the Opernhaus Kiel, both under Rubén Dubrovsky; Orff’s Carmina burana with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti in Chicago and New York (Carnegie Hall).

Federico Maria Sardelli - conductor

Recent engagements include: Handel’s Admeto at the Leipzig Opera; Alcina at the Teatro Muncipal in Santiago de Chile; Cavalli’s Il Giasone and Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria at the De Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp; Donizetti’s Le convenienze e le inconvenienze teatrali in Tuscany; Juditha Triumphans at the Festival Soli Deo Gloria in Braunschweig and the Festival de Beaune.