“The appeal of Aspromonte’s art lies not just in the wonderful vocal colors that she can generate, but in the voice’s flexibility, and in the detailed attention she gives to her phrasing, which is full of nuanced inflections and subtel ornamentations, underpinned by clear articulation”
OPERAWIRE
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&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.
Future plans include solo recitals in Basel with La Floridiana, in Sevilla with Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla and at Tage Alter Musik Festival in Regensburg with Arsenale Sonoro; Maria Vergine in a world premiere performance of Perti's La Sepoltura di Cristo at Tage Alter Musik Herne and Alba in a world premiere performance of an Oratorio by Vinci at Elbphilarmonie's Alte Musik Festival both with Arsenale Sonoro conducted by Boris Begelman.
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
Since 2019, Francesca teaches interpretation of the Italian baroque repertoire at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
MARCH 2024