Barbara Frittoli

Barbara Frittoli (born 19 April 1967) is an Italian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles in opera houses throughout Europe and in the United States.

Barbara Frittoli
Born (1967-04-19) 19 April 1967
Milan, Italy
Alma materMilan Conservatory
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active1990–present
TitleKammersängerin

Life

Frittoli was born in Milan. At the age of 9, she started piano studies at the Milan Conservatory, intending to become a pianist. When she was singing in the Conservatory choir at 12 years old, she was noticed by Giulio Bertola and Bruno Casoni. Under their recommendation, she switched to singing, in alto. After the vocal damage, she started studying with Giovanna Canetti, under whose instruction she recovered her voice and developed into a soprano.[1][2][3]

In 1992, she debuted in the US at the Opera Company of Philadelphia as Micaëla in Carmen.[4] She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1995 as Micaëla in Carmen and has gone on to sing in over 80 performances there including Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Angelica in Suor Angelica, Desdemona in Otello, the title role in Luisa Miller, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito,[5] Elisabetta in Don Carlo and Alicia Ford in Falstaff.

In 2012, she debuted in the title role in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Liceu.[6] In the same year, she was invested as Austrian Kammersängerin.[7]

Recordings

Full works on CD

Full works on video

Recitals and others

  • 2001: Barbara Frittoli Sings Mozart Arias; Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Erato)
  • 2001: Verdi Arias; Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra (Erato)
  • 2001: Gran Gala di Verdi [DVD] (EuroArts, released in 2007)

References

Citation
  1. Cummings (2003) p. 258
  2. Paolucci (March 2005)
  3. Mascari, Giuseppina (2006-02-19). "Barbara Frittoli". OperaClick (interview) (in Italian).
  4. McLellan, Joseph (1992-11-13). "Opera". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. Metropolitan Opera
  6. Herrscher, Roberto (August 2012). "Adriana Lecouvreur". Opera News. 77 (2). Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  7. "Barbara Frittoli ist "Österreichische Kammersängerin"". Der Standard. APA. 2012-02-20.

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