Franco Fagioli is the leading virtuoso countertenor of our time. Renowned as much for his artistry as for the beauty of his voice, spanning three octaves and masterful technique, he is the first countertenor to sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The singer’s relationship with the Yellow Label reflects his status as one of the brightest stars of Baroque and early 19th-century bel canto opera. His solo debut recording for the company, Rossini, with Armonia Atenea and George Petrou, his album of Handel Arias with Il Pomo d’Oro, and his album of spectacular virtuoso arias by Leonardo Vinci, also with Il Pomo d’Oro, have all garnered universal critical acclaim.

Franco Fagioli begins the 2023/24 season starring as Roméo in Zingarelli’s Giulietta e Romeo at the Château de Versailles’ Opéra Royal. He continues his Anime Immortali tour with the Basel Kammerorchester and Capella Cracoviensis, performing Mozart arias in Madrid, Switzerland, Germany, and France. Additionally, he stars in Porpora’s Il Polifemo at Opéra National du Rhin and Handel’s Tolomeo at Het Concertgebouw, Palau de la Música, and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

Last season, Fagioli sang the title role of Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, then he joined Il Pomo d’oro on tour for Handel’s Ariodante. He made his European debut conducting Handel’s Messiah in Versailles and Palau de la Música. He also began a European tour of Mozart arias, which were featured on his recent debut album, Anime Immortali, by Pentatone. Further performances included Handel’s Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with the Berlin Philharmonic, Il Polifemo at the Theater an der Wien and Het Concertgebouw, and Porpora’s Carlo il Calvo at Teatro alla Scala and Konzerthaus Dortmund.

Career highlights have included Nerone (Agrippina) and Idamante (Idomeneo) for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; The Hamburgische and Bayerische Staatsopers; the title role in Rossini’s Sigismondo at the Teatr Słowackiego in Krakow; the title role in Cavalli’s Eliogabalo for the Opéra national de Paris and the Dutch National Opera; Arsace in Rossini’s Semiramide for the Opéra national de Lorraine; Andronico (Tamerlano) at the Teatro alla Scala; Ruggiero (Alcina) for the Hamburgische Staatsoper; the title role in Serse at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe; Adalgiso in Carlo il Calvo at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival; Piacere in Il trionfo del tempo e del Disinganno for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Opéra de Lille, and the Theatre de Caen; and the title role in Giulio Cesare for the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Opernhaus Zurich. Most recently, he performed Ruggiero (Alcina) in a new production at the Opéra de Lausanne.

He is a renowned concert artist, appearing at the Halle, Ludwigsburg, Innsbruck, and Salzburg Festivals, and collaborates regularly with such conductors as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Alan Curtis, Gabriel Garrido, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, René Jacobs, José Manuel Quintana, Marc Minkowski, Riccardo Muti, and Christophe Rousset. His impressive discography includes title roles in Handel’s Serse and Gluck’s Orfeo and Ezio, Pergolesi’s Adriano in Syria, Handel’s Berenice and Teseo, Leonardo Vinci’s Artaserse and Catone in Utica, Caldara’s La Concordia de’ pianeti, Hasse’s Siroe, rè di Persia, and the solo albums Arias for Caffarelli and Il maestro Porpora.