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Gemma Bertagnolli

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A World of Colorful Songs by Bertagnolli Gemma Bertagnolli is a fascinating artist and performer to the core. That is why Claudio Brizzi has a special trust in her. [Gemma Bertagnolli, an Italian coloratura soprano who has performed in Europe's major opera houses and is also a renowned singer of ancient music, will lead us into a world of fascinating music together with the prodigy Claudio Brizzi. The program includes Mozart songs, the famous "Exultate Ubilate," Vivaldi, Handel, Monteverdi, and others. This is a must-listen disc filled with Bertagnolli's charm. ＜Gemma Bertagnolli was born in Bolzano, Italy, and won the AsLiCo Competition and the Francisco Viñas International Competition.He has appeared at many major opera houses, theaters, and music festivals, including La Scala in Milan, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Rome Opera House, Florence May Festival, Zurich Opera House, St. Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Potsdam Sans Souci Festival, Salzburg Festival, and Wexford Festival, and many other major opera houses, theaters, and festivals. Her operatic repertoire includes Lisa in "The Sleepwalker," Vespina in "Faith Betrayed," Despina in "Cosi fan tutte," Susanna in "The Marriage of Figaro," Elisa in "The King of the Shepherds," Pamina in "The Magic Flute," Zoffi in "The Knight of Roses," Oscar in "The Masked Ball," and Nannetta in "Falstaff. and Nannetta from "Falstaff".　 He has collaborated with many famous conductors such as R. Muti, W. Savarisch, S. Young, and others.He is especially skilled in Baroque music, performing Handel's oratorio "The Triumph of Time and Enlightenment" (Piacere) with R. Alessandrini and M. Minkowski, Hasse's "Solimano" (Emilia) at the Berlin State Opera with R. Jacobs, Monteverdi's "The Crowning of Poppea" (Durgilla) at the Bayerisches Landestheater with I. Bolton, and Pergolesi's "Olympiade" (Aristea) with O. Bolton. He performed with I. Bolton in "The Crowning of Poppea" (Drusilla), with O. Dantone in Pergolesi's "Olympiade" (Aristea), and with G. Antonini and F. Biondi in Handel's "Agrippina" (Nerone). He has made many recordings for Vivaldi Editions by Naive, Decca, Stradivarius, and others. Camerata Tokyo