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                                Silvia Frigato - soprano
                             
                                Winner of the “Francesco Provenzale” International Baroque singing competition in
                                Naples (2007), she furthers her studies under the guidance of Sara Mingardo. She
                                regularly performs at numerous prestigious concert venues and festivals, collaborating
                                with such artists as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Gianluca Capuano, Claudio
                                Cavina, Ottavio Dantone, Antonio Florio, John Eliot Gardiner, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Philippe
                                Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken, Stefano Montanari, Federico Maria Sardelli. Silvia
                                Frigato recently starred in Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with
                                the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, in L’Incoronazione di Poppea
                                at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and in Jommelli’s L’Isola Disabitata at
                                the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, both under Rinaldo Alessandrini. After her debut
                                at the Maggio Musicale in Florence with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice (2014)
                                she returned as Yniold in Daniele Abbado’s new production of Pélleas et Mélisande
                                under the baton of Daniele Gatti (2015). Silvia Frigato was chosen by Sir John Eliot
                                Gardiner for the first and the second edition of Accademia Monteverdiana in Sarteano,
                                performing in the opening concert of the Incontri in Terra di Siena Festival. Ms.
                                Frigato sang the opening concert at the Trigonale Festival in Austria with La Risonanza
                                and Fabio Bonizzoni, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine in Prague and
                                Dresden with Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in
                                Venice and Milano (with I Pomeriggi Musicali) and a concert with music by Anton
                                Webern for Bologna Festival. Silvia Frigato sang and recorded for Brilliant Classic
                                unpublished music by Manna and Feo with the Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini in Naples. 
                                Future plans: Juditha Triumphans (Vagaus) at the Teatro Comunale in
                                Ferrara; Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with Ensemble Matheus and
                                Jean-Christophe Spinosi on tour in France; Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis in
                                Salzburg with Collegium 1704 and Václav Luks; Martinů’s Mirandolina (title
                                role) and La Sonnambula (Lisa) at La Fenice in Venice. Silvia Frigato has
                                been selected for the 2017 Monteverdi project conducted by John Eliot Gardiner and
                                will take part in the worldwide tour of Il Ritorno di Ulisse in patria and
                                L’Incoronazione di Poppea. 
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                                Sara Mingardo - alto
                             
                                
                                    A prizewinner of Premio Abbiati (2009), Sara Mingardo is one of the genuine contralto
                                    voices on the music scene today. She collaborated with such conductors as Claudio
                                    Abbado, Ivor Bolton, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Ottavio Dantone, 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 on the concert side, she has a vast repertoire
                                    ranging from Pergolesi to Respighi, through Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak and
                                    Mahler. 
                                    Future plans: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno in Aix-en-Provence,
                                    Caen and in Lille under Emmanuelle Haïm and then at the Staatsoper in Berlin; a
                                    revival of L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Teatro alla Scala with Rinaldo
                                    Alessandrini; Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Penelope) at the Staatsoper
                                    Hamburg under Jean-Christophe Spinosi; Vivaldi’s L’Incoronazione di Dario
                                    at the Teatro Regio in Turin and on tour in Europe with Ottavio Dantone; Mendelssohn’s
                                    Elias with the Maggio Musicale Orchestra under Daniele Gatti; Johannes-Passion
                                    with Musica Saeculorum in Essen and Aix en Provence; Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody
                                    at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Daniele Gatti; Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater
                                    at the Musica Sacra Festival in Münster; Mozart’s Requiem with the London
                                    Philarmonic Orchestra under the baton of Natalie Stutzmann; Mahler’s 8th Symphony
                                    at the Lucerne Festival under Riccardo Chailly; a recital at the Grand Théâtre de
                                    Genève. 
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                    AccademiaFilarmonica Romana
 
                    Teatro Argentina
                 
 
                    Rome 
                      
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                    SociedadFilarmonica
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                    Bilbao 
                      
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