Silvia Frigato studied Piano and Voice at the Music
Conservatoire in Adria (Italy). She then continued her studies at the Music
Academy in Modena (with Raina Kabaivanska), at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
in Siena and at the State University in Sofia. She studied the repertoire from
the 17th and 18th century at the Académie Baroque Européenne in Ambronay and
at the International Music Academy in Milan under the guidance of Roberta
Invernizzi, Roberto Balconi, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Marina De Liso and Sara Mingardo.
She won the first prize at the 4th edition of the “Francesco
Provenzale†International Baroque Singing Competition in Naples (2007) and
was awarded the first prize at the “Fatima Terzo†early music competition
in Vicenza (2010). She regularly performs in the most prestigious Italian and
European festivals and venues, together with the foremost ensembles and
conductors.
Among her past engagements: Bononcini’s Stabat Mater
and Messa à cinque concertata at the Konzerthaus in Wien with
Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo Alessandrini (recorded for Naïve - winner of the
Choc de la musique in France); Caccini’s Euridice (title role) at
the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik with Concerto Italiano and Rinaldo
Alessandrini (recorded for Naïve to rave rewievs); Händel’s Israel in
Egypt on an Italian tour with Capella Savaria and Nicholas McGegan;
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Sara Mingardo and Concerto Italiano
conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini at the Salle Gaveau in Paris and in Basel
with La Cetra conducted by Andrea Marcon; Christmas concerts in Monte-Carlo
with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and in the Basilica of San
Marco in Venice with the Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice conducted by Stefano
Montanari; Mozart’s Betulia Liberata at the Wratislavia Cantans
Festival with B’Rock under Corrado Rovaris; Caldara’s Morte e Sepoltura
di Cristo with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Biondi
(recored in CD by Glossa) and then on tour in Spain; Gluck’s Orfeo ed
Euridice at the Maggio Musicale in Florence in a new production by Denis
Krief conducted by Federico Maria Sardelli; Caldara’s La Maddalena ai
piedi di Cristo (Marta) in Herne with Accademia Bizantina and Ottavio
Dantone; L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Amore) at La Scala in Milan, in a
new production by Robert Wilson under Rinaldo Alessandrini; concerts in
Karlsruhe with Concerto Romano and Alessandro Quarta, in Naples with Talenti
Vulcanici and Stefano Demicheli, in Basel with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
and in Lausanne with Il Canto d’Orfeo and Gianluca Capuano. Silvia Frigato
was selected by John Eliot Gardiner for his Accademia Monteverdiana and was
invited to sing Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with the
Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists under John Eliot Gardiner on
tour in Cambridge, Barcelona, Versailles and at the Salzburg Festival.
Othe recent engagements include: Jommelli’s L’isola
disabitata at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples under Rinaldo Alessandrini; Pelléas
et Mélisande (Yniold) at the Maggio Musicale in Florence under Daniele
Gatti in a new production by Daniele Abbado; Monteverdi’s Vespro della
Beata Vergine with Collegium 1704 under Vaclav Luks in Prague and Dresden;
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Venice, Milan (with I Pomeriggi
Musicali), in Rome (with Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini)
and in Bilbao; a concert featuring the complete songs by Anton Webern at the
Bologna Festival: concerts on tour in Germany with La Risonanza and Fabio
Bonizzoni (Trigonale Festival); Vivaldi's Juditha Triumphans
(Vagaus) at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara; Martinů’s Mirandolina
(title role) at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice; Biber’s Missa
Salisburgensis at the Salzburg Festival and a concert in Utrecht with
Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks; a Liederabend with songs based on
texts by Schiller at the Palazzo Farnese in Parma; she also took part in the
project Monteverdi 2.0 created by Spinosi with the Ensemble Matheus on
tour in France. Silvia Frigato was selected for the 2017 Monteverdi
Trilogy project conducted by John Eliot Gardiner for the roles of Amore and
Valletto in L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Amore in Il
Ritorno di Ulisse in patria: the world tour included cities such as
Aix-en-Provence, Bristol, Barcelona, Venice, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Berlin,
Wroclaw, Paris, Chicago and New York, winning the highest audience and critical
acclaim.
Most recently her engagements included: Falla’s El
retablo de Maese Pedro (Trujamán) at the Teatro Regio in Parma;
Pergolesi’s Salve Regina and Stabat Mater in Madrid with
Sara Mingardo and Accademia Bizantina under Ottavio Dantone; Bach's Cantata
BWV 52 at the Teatro del Maggio in Florence; Paisiello’s La Serva Padrona
in Lugo with Rinaldo Alessandrini; Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in
Barcelona and on tour in Asia with Rinaldo Alessandrini; La Sonnambula
(Lisa) and Krenek's Cefalo e Procri (Procri) at the Teatro La Fenice
in Venice; Caldara’s La Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Marta)
with Collegium 1704 and Vaclav Luks in Prague and Dresden; Pergolesi’s Stabat
Mater at la Fenice in Venice; Haydn's L'isola disabitata
(Silvia) with Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla and Enrico Onofri; Händel's La
resurrezione (Angelo) in Brunnrnthal; Marco di Galiano's Dafne
(Amore) at the Florence Opera; concert with Concerto Romano in Bremen
(Musikfest); Händel's Atalanta (title role) at the Halle Händel
Festival and in Strudengau, with L'Orfeo Barockorchester and Michi Gaigg; Liederabend
in Florence; Amare&Fingere (Erinda) with Ensemble Mare Nostrum,
Andrea De Carlo conducting; Messiah with La Verdi Orchestra in Milan;
Caldara’s La Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo in Malta; Il
Re pastore (Tamiri) at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; La
Clemenza di Tito (Servilia) at the Florence Opera; Il trespolo tutore with
Ensemble Mare Nostrum, Andrea De Carlo conducting; Apollo e Dafne
in Helsinki.
Among her future engagements: Valtinoni's Pinocchio
at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice; Pelléas et Mélisande in Parma,
Modena, Piacenza; Monteverdi Trilogy with Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot
Gardiner on tour in Europe; series of concerts Et manchi pietà on tour in
Europe, revivals of Il Trespolo tutore with De Carlo in Genoa.
Silvia Frigato recorded for labels such as: Glossa, Naïve,
SDG, ORF, Brilliant, Tactus, Discantica, Ricercar and her recording were
broadcasted on RAI, Radio France, BBC, ORF and other European radios.
January 2020