FrancoFagioli

Press

• Polifemo

  Opera Royal Versailles

  Dec 2024

  • On reste pantois, admiratif et pour tout dire hypnotisé par une telle prestation. Une voix singulière avec des aigus stratosphériques, des graves impressionnants, des sauts de registres abyssaux, une sculpture du son unique et une intention derrière chaque note. Voilà ce qui pourrait résumer cette incarnation spectaculaire à tout point de vue et qui laisse la salle en délire. [Translated] We remain speechless, admiring, and to tell the truth, hypnotized by such a performance. A singular voice with stratospheric highs, impressive lows, leaps of registers, a unique sound sculpture and an intention behind each note. This is what could sum up this spectacular incarnation in every way and which leaves the room delirious.

    • ResMusica
    • 10 December 2024

• Carlo il Clavo (Porpora)

  2021 Album Review

  Jan 2023

  • The star of the counter scene, Franco Fagioli, shines as Adalgiso with his dizzying technique, which carries even in the lower registers. Fagioli probably comes very close to the quality of the earlier castrati in his virtuoso embellishment of the musical text. His great arias and the expansive duet with Julia Lezhneva mark the absolute highlights of the recording.

    • Peter Sommeregger, Klassik Begeistert
    • 21 January 2023

  • At the end of Act 1, Adalgiso’s horrified accompagnato and flashy ‘Saggio nocchier che vede turbine in aria accolto’ typifies Franco Fagioli’s strongly aspirated and supercharged feistiness.

    • David Vickers, Gramophone
    • 31 January 2023

• Handel (Giulio Cesare)

  Opera Comedie de Montpellier

  Aug 2022

  • 'On the gentlemen's side, Argentinian countertenor Franco Fagioli captivates the audience with the extent of his range, an unmistakable timbre, an infinite breath carried by flawless technique, and finally by the slenderness of the vocalization.'

    • Emmanuel Andrieu, Opera Online
    • 11 June 2022

• Crescentini's Arias

  Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

  • When Franco Fagioli arrives on stage and begins to sing "Qual sarà il mio contento… Ciel pietoso" by Giulietta e Romeo, his presence captivates immediately, his voice filling the Royal Opera with insolent ease. His text is crystal clear, shared at its audience without the obstacle of sheet music. Its constant vibrato supports the voice with stability and adds balance in expressiveness. Its phrasing is also very stable whatever the length or the register. Moreover, the ease of the passages between the registers, which cover an impressive range of three octaves, is disconcerting.

    • Emmanuel Deroeux, Olyrix
    • 03 October 2021

• Recital: Veni, Vidi, Vinci

  Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth

  Sep 2021

  • De auténtica fiesta vocal se pudo denominar el espectacular recital basado en óperas de Leonardo Vinci y protagonizado por un Franco Fagioli en estado de gracia. A true vocal festival could be called the spectacular recital based on operas by Leonardo Vinci and starring a Franco Fagioli in a state of grace.

    • Jordi Maddaleno, Platea Magazine
    • 23 September 2021

  • Today, the main specialist in the Vinci's repertoire, at least for the last ten years, is Franco Fagioli, one of the greatest countertenors of his generation, possibly the best in terms of vocal prowess and virtuosity.

    • Lorenzo Fiorito, Bachtrack
    • 16 September 2021

• Recital Debut

  Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona

  Jun 2021

  • The selection of works, rich in agility, pathos, dazzling colors and memorable melodies ensured the success of this entry by Fagioli to the pantheon of stars who have passed through the Palau.

    • lbert M. RIBAS, Opera Actual
    • 21 January 2021

• Porpora Carlo il Calvo

  Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival

  Sep 2020

  • ...époustouflant Franco Fagioli...Car le maître de la scène, qui a placé l’action dans les riches décors d’une villa cubaine des années 1920, s’est entouré d’une distribution de très haute volée. Il est vrai que cette musique, qui porte l’art des castrats napolitains à son apogée, ne supporterait pas la médiocrité. Le résultat ? Trois heures d’un spectacle magistral, sous la direction engagée du chef d’orchestre et claveciniste George Petrou à la tête de son Armonia Atenea. ... breathtaking Franco Fagioli... Because the master of the scene, who set the action in the rich decor of a Cuban villa of the 1920s, surrounded himself with a cast of very high quality. He It is true that this music, which brings the art of the Neapolitan castrati to its peak, could not bear mediocrity.The result?Three hours of a masterful spectacle, under the committed direction of the conductor and harpsichordist George Petrou at the head of his Armonia Atenea."

    • Marie-Aude Roux, Le Monde
    • 09 September 2020

• The Last Castrato: Arias for Velluti

  • Vengo da quella cultura, la cultura di Rossini e Donizetti che diressero proprio il San Carlo! Non a caso mi sento molto ispirato dal potermi esibire su questo palcoscenico, in quella. che fu la patria di tanti castrati, il luogo dove è nata que st'arte e dove fiorì il bel canto [translated] I come from that culture, the culture of Rossini and Donizetti who conducted the San Carlo itself! Not surprisingly, I feel very inspired by being able to perform on this stage, in that which was the homeland of many castrati, the place where this art was born and where bel canto flourished

    • Il Mattino
    • 30 January 2025

  • Cantare qui vuol dire entrare in un dialogo spirituale con un passato che ancora vive nelle fosse importante la musica e l'arte vocale di quiesti artisti per il tessuto sociale e culturale della citta [translated] Singing here means entering into a spiritual dialogue with a past that still lives in the streets of Naples and reminds us how important the music and vocal art of these artists were for the social and cultural fabric of the city

    • Corriere del Mezzogiorno
    • 30 January 2025

  • Franco Fagioli e il controtenore virtuoso piu celebre del nostro tiempo. Rinomato tanto per la sua maestria quanto per la bellezza della sua voce, che spazia su tre ottave con magistrale tecnica, e il primo controtenore a firmare un contratto esclusivo con Deutsche Grammophon [translated] Franco Fagioli is the most celebrated countertenor virtuoso of our time. Renowned as much for his mastery as for the beauty of his voice, which spans three octaves with masterly technique, he is the first countertenor to sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophone.

    • Roma
    • 30 January 2025

  • Se a tutto ciò si affiancano la dizione chiara, gli esatti respiri e sospiri, la forza delle parole nei recitativi, il gusto ponderato e raro nelle ornamentazioni accanto alla sublimata bellezza nelle sezioni in cantabile così come sferzanti risultano le sue cabalette, il canto del controtenore argentino dal timbro di mezzosoprano autentico Franco Fagioli è a buon diritto il migliore erede di Giovanni Battista Velluti [translated] If we add to all this the clear diction, the exact breathing and sighing, the strength of the words in the recitatives, the rare and considered taste in the ornamentations alongside the sublimated beauty in the cantabile sections as well as the biting sound of his cabalettas, the singing of the Argentine countertenor with the timbre of an authentic mezzo-soprano Franco Fagioli is rightfully the best heir of Giovanni Battista Velluti

    • Conessi all'Opera
    • 02 February 2025