Sara Mingardo - alto

One of the rare voices of genuine contralto of the music scene today. She regularly collaborates with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Ivor Bolton, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, Riccardo Muti, Trevor Pinnock, Christophe Rousset, Jordi Savall, Jeffrey Tate and Rinaldo Alessandrini. Her repertoire includes works by Gluck, Monteverdi, Handel, Vivaldi, Rossini, Verdi, Cavalli, Mozart, Donizetti, Schumann and Berlioz. Particularly active in concert, she has a vast repertoire ranging from Pergolesi to Respighi, through Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak and Mahler. She was awarded the Premio Abbiati 2009.

Future plans: Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Antonio Pappano; Kindertotenlieder in Antwerp under Dmitri Jurowski and in Bologna and Florence under Claudio Abbado; Mendelssohn’s Symphony no.2 “Lobgesang” at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome under Claudio Abbado; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini on a European tour; Peri’s Euridice at the Innsbruck Festival with Rinaldo Alessandrini; Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria (Penelope) in Paris (under Rinaldo Alessandrini) and in Zurich (under Ivor Bolton); L'Orfeo in Paris with Rinaldo Alessandrini; concerts in Paris, Frankfurt, Bordeaux, Lisbon and Cartagena.

Silvia Frigato - soprano

Winner of the “Francesco Provenzale” International Baroque singing competition in Naples (2007), she performs at numerous prestigious concerts and festivals, including: Monteverdi Festival in Cremona; Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio in Milan; Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini in Naples; Valle d'Itria Festival in Martina Franca; Misteria Paschalia in Kraków; KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen in Hannover; Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, to name only a few. She regularly collaborates with such artists as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Gianluca Capuano, Claudio Cavina, Ottavio Dantone, Antonio Florio, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken and such ensembles as Collegium Vocale Gent, Accademia Bizantina, La Divina Armonia, La Venexiana, I Turchini, Gambe di Legno Consort, Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca. She has recorded for Tactus, Brillant and Glossa and her recordings have been broadcasted by RAI Radio 3, Radio France, ORF and many others.

Future plans: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (role of Euridice) at the Paris Opera under Rinaldo Alessandrini, in the renowned production by Robert Wilson; a Christmas concert (music by Vivaldi, Handel and Mozart) in Monte Carlo with the Monte-Carlo Opera Choir and Orchestra; Peri’s Euridice (Euridice and Tragedia) at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik; Lulier’s Christmas Oratorio in Mauerbach with Gambe di Legno and Paolo Zuccheri (recorded for ORF).