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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
1Ed e ver che mi narri Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 2.18

Type: recitativeVoice: tr Mz MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oberto/Bradamante/Ruggiero
2Io dunque.. Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 1.14

Type: recitativeVoice: T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oronte/Morgana
3Qua dunque ne veniste Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 1.12

Type: recitativeVoice: T Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oronte/Bradamante/Morgana
4Sorge nel petto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: tenorLanguage: Italian

Roles: Goffredo
5Ahi caso acerbo-1 Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 2.06

Type: quartetVoice: S T T TLanguage: Italian

Roles: La messaggera/Pastore I/Pastore III/Orfeo
6In un fiorito prato Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 2.07

Type: trioVoice: S T TLanguage: Italian

Roles: La messaggera/Pastore I/pastore-i
7Qual mesto suon Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.19

Type: recitativeVoice: S T cA BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Hervey/Smeton/Rochefort
8Non v'ha sguardo ci sia dato Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.07-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S Mz cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna/Smeton
9Scherzano sul tuo volto Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.06-3

Type: duetVoice: S Mz/cTLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena/Rinaldo
10Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.03-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
11Tu che dagl'avi miei Popularity:

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

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ottavia/Ottone
12Dio che mi vedi in core Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
13Caro amico amplesso Popularity:

Opera: PoroComposer: HandelAct: 2.05

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Cleofide/Poro
14Va infelice e teco reca Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.04

Type: duetVoice: S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Giovanna
15Ahi caso acerbo-2 Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 2.09

Type: choirVoice: S cA T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ninfe e pastori
16Ecco Orfeo Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 1.14

Type: choirVoice: S cA T BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Ninfe e pastori
17Caro bella piu amabile belta Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.16

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

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare
18Voi che mie fide ancelle Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 3.09

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

Roles: Cleopatra/Cesare
19Ah! segnata e la mia sorte Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.26-2

Type: recitativeVoice: S B Mz cA TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Enrico/Giovanna/Smeton/Percy
20In quegli sguardi impresso Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.25

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Enrico
21Taci taci tropp'oltre vai Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.20-1

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna/Rochefort
22Al trionfo del nostro furore Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3.06-4

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Armida/Argante
23Ma io Popularity:

Opera: Orfeo, L'Composer: MonteverdiAct: 2.10

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: La messaggera
24Lascia di sospirar Popularity:

Opera: FarnaceComposer: VivaldiAct: 2.01-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Selinda
25Da quel ferro che ha svenato Popularity:

Opera: FarnaceComposer: VivaldiAct: 1.12-2

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Berenice
26L'aura che spira Popularity:

Opera: Giulio CesareComposer: HandelAct: 2.18

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Sesto
27Coppia iniqua estrema vendetta Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.21

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Anna
28Combatti da forte Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 1.01-4

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
29Bel piacere Popularity:

Opera: RinaldoComposer: HandelAct: 3

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Almirena
30Credete al mio dolore Popularity:

Opera: AlcinaComposer: HandelAct: 3.04

Type: ariaVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Morgana
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