Renowned as one of the best interpreters of the baroque and classical
repertoire, Francesca Aspromonte graduated with honors from
Mozarteum Salzburg and studied with Renata Scotto at Accademia Nazionale
di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Francesca has performed in such venues as Teatro alla Scala, Carnegie
Hall, Theatre de Champs-Elysees, Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory,
Zaryadye Hall, Opéra Royal de Versailles, Royal Albert Hall, Barbican
Centre, Wigmore Hall, Wiener Musikverein, Theatre an- der-Wien, Wiener
Konzerthaus, Fundaçao Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Teatro Real de Madrid, Teatro
la Fenice, Grand Theatre de Provence, Philharmonie Essen, Palau de les
Arts Reina Sofia.
She sang with renowned conductors such as Zubin Metha, John Eliot
Gardiner, Ivor Bolton, Christophe Rousset, Gustavo Gimeno, Manfred Honeck,
Diego Fasolis, Ottavio Dantone, Giovanni Antonini, Maxim Emelyanichev,
Enrico Onofri, Leonardo García Alarcón, Raphaël Pichon, Andrea Marcon,
Gianluca Capuano, Stefano Montanari.
Among her past engagements, it’s worth mentioning: the title role in
Cavalli’s Erismena at the Festival d’Aix en Provence; the title
role in Hasse’s Semele at the Innsbrucker Festwochen; Almirena in
Handel's Rinaldo with Accademia Bizantina; Euridice in
Luigi Rossi’s L’Orfeo with Pygmalion; the title role in Caldara’s Dafne
in Teatro la Fenice; Deidamia in Corselli’s Achille in Sciro at
Teatro Real de Madrid with Ivor Bolton; Angelica in Vivaldi’s Orlando
furioso at Teatro La Fenice; La Musica and Messaggiera in
Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the 2015 BBC Proms; the title role in
Caldara’s La Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo in Prague with
Collegium 1704; a recital at Moscow's Conservatoire's Grand Hall; the
title role in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at Beaune
International Baroque Opera Festival; the title role in Haendel's Acis
and Galatea in Moscow, Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio
with Zubin Metha at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Carlo Celmino
in Vinci's Li zite 'ngalera at Teatro alla Scala, solo soprano in
the DG Bach 300 Gala in Leipzig, plus numerous recitals dedicated to
sacred, operatic or chamber music repertoire.
Francesca recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony DHM, Alpha Classics,
Christophorus, Harmonia Mundi, Ricercare, HDB Sonus. She signed an
exclusive recording engagement with Pentatone Music and her debut album Prologue
(a selection of 17th-century operatic prologues, from Monteverdi to
Scarlatti) with Il Pomo d’oro ensemble and Enrico Onofri, has been
worldwide critically acclaimed. Her second album for Pentatone Maria&Maddalena
(among the best recordings of 2022 according to Gramophone) portrays the
Two Maries through early 18th-century oratorios by Bononcini, Scarlatti,
Haendel, Lulier, and others, together with violinist Boris Begelman and I
Barocchisti under the baton of Diego Fasolis. Her latest recital album Un'alma
innamorata (Scherzo's Discos Exceptionales, Rivista Musica 5 Stars,
Classic Voice's CD of the Month...) with Arsenale Sonoro conducted by
Boris Begelman, features three Dear Saxon Italian cantatas as well as a
world premiere recording opera aria.
Most recently she sang as Deidamia in Achille in Sciro (Corselli)
at the Teatro Real de Madrid; Carlo Cemino in Le zite’n galera
(Vinci) for her debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Poppea in L’incoronazione
di Poppea at the Beaune Festival; Mozart’s Davidde Penitente
with the RTVE Spanish Symphony Orchestra in Madrid; Orfeo ed Euridice
at the Palau de les Arts de Valencia and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
with the Nederlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie in Amsterdam and on tour.
Future plans include: Dido and Aeneas at the Grand Théâtre de
Genève; Bach's Matthäus-Passion in Leipzig with the Gewandhaus Orchester;
Stravinskij's Pulcinella at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice;and the
final concert of the Internationale Händel-Festspiele in Karlsruhe.
February 2025