Basso Romina

Biography:

Born in Gorizia, Romina studied in Venice and obtained her degree in Italian Literature from Trieste University. She attended master classes with Peter Maag, Regina Resnik, Rockwell Blake, Claudio Desderi, Elio Battaglia and Claudio Strudthoff, specializing in Baroque repertory and Rossini. She won prizes at national and international competitions including Seghizzi, Palma d’Oro, Città di Conegliano, Modena Musica, Toti dal Monte, As.Li.Co., and Plácido Domingo’s Operalia. Romina regularly performs in Italy, throughout Europe collaborating with orchestras and ensembles such as Accademia Bizantina, Concerto Italiano, Il Complesso Barocco, Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini, Le Concert des Nations, Europa Galante, Ensemble 415, Ensemble Matheus, Les Arts Florissants, Les Musiciens de Louvre, The King’s Consort, Modo Antiquo, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Ricercar Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Accademia of Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the ORT, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, and Zefiro. Among the prominent conductors with whom she has sung are Peter Maag, Marcello Viotti, Sir Charles Mackerras, Vladimir Jurowski, Kazushi Ono, Jordi Savall, Frans Brüggen, Alan Curtis, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Marc Minkowski, William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm, Paul McCreesh, Jean- Christophe Spinosi, Philippe Pierlot, Andrea Marcón, Ottavio Dantone, Robert King, Antonio Florio, Federico Maria Sardelli, Daniele Gatti and Gabriele Ferro. Romina Basso’s discography (on several different labels) includes Galuppi’s L’Olimpiade (DVD); sacred music by Jommelli and Galuppi; Scarlatti’s Carlo, re d’Alemagna; Handel’s ‘Carmelite Vespers’, Italian cantatas, Tolomeo, and Berenice; Vivaldi’s Motezuma, Ercole sul Termodonte, and Oracolo in Messenia. For Naïve, she has recorded Vivaldi’s Atenaide, Armida, Orlando furioso (DVD), Orlando furioso 1714, Catone in Utica, 'New Discoveries’, the pasticcio L’Olimpiade, Handel’s Giulio Cesare and XVII century italian Lamenti.

course description: NEWS: Romina Basso Master - Baroque singing repertory (from 3 to 7 August): Students may choose to attend only a few days of the course, in this case there will be a reduction of the tuition fee. there is no change in the registration fee.