The Argentinian countertenor and sopranist, Franco Fagioli, was born on May 4, 1981 in San Miguel de Tucumán, where he first studied piano. Afterwards, he took a study singing with Ricardo Yost and Annelise Skovmand at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and switched to the countertenor fach. A first milestone was the Bertelsmann "Neue Stimmen" award, which he won in 2003. Since then he has been performing with great success all over Europa. His repertoire concentrates onto the music of the castrati, in particular in opera. His range is: Ab - db''' (Ab2 - Db6).
FRANCO FAGIOLI
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1.		Händel Mozart Opera Arias
		Arte Nova 82876 58835 2
		[11/03,M]
2.		Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ezio (1763)
		Oehms OC 918 (2CDs)
		[07/07,p]
3.		George Frideric Handel: Teseo
		Carus 83.437 (2CDs)
		[05/09,M,live]
4.		George Frideric Handel: Berenice
		Virgin Classics 50999 6285362 0 (3CDs)
		[11/09,P]
5.		Canzone e Cantate
		Carus 83.361
		[06/10,P]
6.		George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda, Regina de' Langobardi
		Dynamic 7724/1-2
		[08/10,M]
7.		George Frideric Handel (?): Germanico
		deutsche harmonia mundi 88697860452
		[11/10,P]
8.		Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse
		Virgin Classics 50999 602869 2 5
		[09/11,P]
9.		Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse
		Dynamic 7715/1-3
		[07/12,M]
10.		Arias for Caffarelli
		Naïve V5333
		[08-09/12,P]
11.		Agostino Steffani: Stabat mater
		Decca 478 5336
		[01-04/13,P]
12.		Popora il maestro
		Naïve V5369
		[06/13,P]
13.		Antonio Caldara: La concordia de'pianeti
		Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 479 3356
		[1/14,P]
14.		Leonardo Vinci: Cantone in Uitca
		Decca 478 8194
		[02-03/14,P]
15.		Johann Adolf Hasse: Siroe Re di Persia
		Decca 478 6768
		[07/14,P]
16.		Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
		Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 479 5315
		[04/15,P,live]
17.		Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
		Decca 483 0004
		[08/15,P]
18.		Franco Fagioli - Rossini
		Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 479 5681
		[12/15,P]