Franco Fagioli Franco Fagioli was the first countertenor to be exclusively signed by Deutsche Grammophon. His debut album features arias by Rossini.
With his warm, resonant, and exceptionally agile mezzo-soprano, he creates impressive character portrayals of roles originally sung by women and now interpreted by men. The fascinating interplay of gender roles that accompanies the return of the countertenor has firmly established itself in our consciousness. These days, it no longer surprises anyone when men take on mezzo-soprano parts on the opera stage. Thus, the focus today is on the sheer pleasure of admiring Fagioli's interpretations of Rossini arias from operas such as Tancredi, Demetrio e Polibio, Semiramide, Adelaide di Borgogna, Eduardo e Cristina, and Matilde di Shabran.