Our latest full Handel opera recording, Agrippina, is nominated in the category of Best Opera Album in the Recording Academy's Grammy 2021. The winners will be announced on Janary 31, 2021. Maxim Emelyanychev directs Il pomo d'oro in this multi-award winning recording of Handel's masterpiece, with Joyce DiDonato leading a star-studded cast that includes Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Franco Fagioli, Luca
In September 2019 we returned to Lonigo to record two new vocal programs under the musical direction of Francesco Corti: the first collaboration with the American tenor Michael Spyres, and our third album with Jakub Józef Orliński - Countertenor. The albums will be released on Erato / Warner Classics. Stay tuned for more details from both projects! Thank you
On September 12th at 7:30 pm (CEST) Joyce DiDonato will perform from the imposing former industrial pavilion Jahrhunderthalle in Germany's Ruhr area accompanied by Il pomo d'oro as well as Carrie-Ann Matheson on piano. The broadcast will also feature works of visual artist Bosco Sodi curated by Axel Vervoordt. The live streaming series The Met Stars Live in Concert
A look back at our first live performances this summer after the lockdown months in Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It felt great to be back on stage with Sara Mingardo and Francesca Aspromonte, Eva Zaïcik, Maurice Steger, Franco Fagioli and Joyce DiDonato.
This summer's recording was a double premiere for il pomo d’oro: our first collaboration with both Antonello Manacorda (conductor) and Lisette Oropesa (soprano). It is also the first orchestral recital album for the highly acclaimed American soprano, who for the last 15 years has been building a career that has brought her to the forefront of the operatic
Francesco Corti and il pomo d’oro present concertos BWV 1052, 1053, 1055 and 1058 as the first volume of what should become a cycle spanning four albums. Corti has chosen to combine these four concertos for the full orchestral sound they call for, while later recordings in this series will have a chamber setting in comparison. For tempo
Two vocal recordings projects have been nominated at the International Opera Awards 2020: "Voglio Cantar" with Emőke Baráth and Francesco Corti and "Facce d'amore" with Jakub Józef Orliński and Maxim Emelyanychev compete in the category "Solo Recital". The winners will be announced on May 4th, 2020. More information: http://www.operaawards.org/archive/2020/ Both albums have already been internationally recognized. Last September at the Opus
The recording of Handel's Serse has won in the category of best baroque vocal album at the International Classical Music Awards 2020. The jury, comprising members from specialized European media, said: "This recording of Handel’s opera Serse will go down in history as the first recording of this work with a countertenor performing the title role. But it is
During the month of January, Handel's Orlando de Handel will be on tour in Europe with Francesco Corti conducting Il pomo d'oro. The opera's score is exceptional in every respect, by its construction, its melodic richness, its orchestra, the power of its recitatives, its superbly expressive arias and its bravura pieces. The performances will feature a dazzling international
Facce d’amore is the second collaboration of Il pomo d'oro and Maxim Emelyanychev with rising star countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński. It features a selection of arias spanning 85 years of the Baroque period, and several world premiere recordings. After the successful Anima Sacra album, the debut recording of Jakub Józef Orliński, and first collaboration with Il pomo d'oro on Warner