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Sonia Prina

Singer details:

Voice: Contralto
Nationality: Italian
Year of Birth: 1975

About Sonia Prina:

Sonia Prina (born 30 November 1975) is an Italian operatic contralto who has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid-1990s. She is particularly known for her appearances in Baroque operas and for her performances of the Baroque concert repertoire. She has recorded works by composers George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi.

Born in Magenta, Prina studied singing and the trumpet at the Music Conservatoire "Giuseppe Verdi", Milan and then pursued further studies at the La Scala Academy. She began performing in operas in the mid-1990s, first in the Italian repertoire of Rossini and Donizetti. By 1997 she had established herself as an artist in the Baroque repertoire. Some of the roles she has performed are Amastre in Serse, Bradamante in Alcina, Carilda in Arianna in Creta, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare, Ottone in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Penelope in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Polinesso in Ariodante, Valentiniano in Ezio, and the title roles in Orlando, Ottone in villa, Partenope, Rinaldo, Tamerlano, and Tolomeo.

In 2000 she appeared in Cremona as Smeton in Donizetti's Anna Bolena. In 2006 she performed Cornelia in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with Andreas Scholl in the title role. In 2010 she appeared in the title role of Vivaldi's Orlando furioso in the Frankfurt Opera, conducted by Andrea Marcon, the mad Roland staged as an Italo-Rocker by David Bösch. She sang the part of Amastre at the Houston Grand Opera.

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Vorrei vendicarmi Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 2.05

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bradamante
2Voi che mie fide ancelle Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.09

Type: recitativeVoice: S cA/Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare
3Vo' far guerra Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida
4Vivi, tiranno! Popularity:

Opera: RodelindaComposer: HandelAct: 3.08-2

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bertarido
5Venti turbini prestate Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rinaldo
6Veni me sequere fida Popularity:

Opera: Juditha TriumphansComposer: VivaldiAct:

Type: Voice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
7Va tacito e nascosto Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.18

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contralto or mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cesare/Achilla/Cesare/Cornelia/Sesto
8Va infelice e teco reca Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.04

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
9V'adoro pupille Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.03

Type: aria,recitativeVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare/Nireno
10Tutta in voi la luce mia Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.09-1

Type: duetVoice: B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Giovanna
11Tu puniscimi o Signore Popularity:

Opera: Luisa MillerComposer: VerdiAct: 2.03

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Luisa
12Tu che dagl'avi miei Popularity:

Opera: Incoronazione di Poppea, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 2.07

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ottavia/Ottone
13Taci taci tropp'oltre vai Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.20-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Rochefort
14Tace ognuno e ognun tremante Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.24

Type: recitativeVoice: B cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Smeton
15Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
16Sorge nel petto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Goffredo
17Son nata a lagrimar Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 1.20

Type: duetVoice: cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cornelia/Sesto
18Sol da te mio dolce amore Popularity:

Opera: Bajazet, IlComposer: VivaldiAct:

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
19Siam prossimi al porto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 2.01-1

Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eustazio
20Siam navi all onde algenti Popularity:

Opera: OlympiadeComposer: VivaldiAct:

Type: Voice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles:
21Si taciturna e mesta Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.04

Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giovanna
22Se nemico mi fossi Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 1.20

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bradamante/Ruggiero
23Scherzano sul tuo volto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.06-3

Type: duetVoice: S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena/Rinaldo
24Scacciata dal suo nido Popularity:

Opera: RodelindaComposer: HandelAct: 2.05-3

Type: ariaVoice: countertenor or contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bertarido
25Roma invitta mà clemente Popularity:

Opera: FarnaceComposer: VivaldiAct: 2.12-2

Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Pompeo
26Rodelinda, sì mesta Popularity:

Opera: RodelindaComposer: HandelAct: 2.02-1

Type: recitativeVoice: cA SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eduige/Rodelinda
27Regina il tuo soggiorno Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 1.18

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bradamante/Alcina/Ruggiero
28Quel tuo ciglio languidetto Popularity:

Opera: FarnaceComposer: VivaldiAct: 2.10-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Gilade
29Quanto piu fiera tempesta freme Popularity:

Opera: RodelindaComposer: HandelAct: 3.01-4

Type: ariaVoice: contraltoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Eduige
30Qual odio ingiusto contro me Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 2.04

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Bradamante/Ruggiero
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