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Valerio Contaldo

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Born in Italy, Valerio Contaldo grows in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. After studying classical guitar he studies singing with Gary Magby at the Lausanne Conservatory. He follows lessons of Giorgio Paronuzzi (baroque coaching), Anthony di Giantomasso (diction), Todd Camburn, Marie-Cécile Bertheau (coaching). He attends masterclasses of Christa Ludwig, Alain Garichot, Klesie Kelly and David Jones. He is awarded Laureate of Foundations Madeleine Dubuis and Solidarvox of Sion and of Colette Mosetti in Lausanne. He is finalist of the Leipzig Bach Competition in 2008.

Recent operatic engagements include: Raoul de St. Brioche in The Merry Widow at the Nancy Opera, Corèbe/Eolo in Cavalli’s La Didone with Les Arts Florissants in Caen, Luxembourg and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, tenor roles in the Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with Aix en Provence Festival’s Academy.

This season he performs Jupiter in Handel's Semele at the Opéra de Nice, roles of Primo Soldato Lucano/Familiare 2/Console 2 in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Bastille Opera.

His projects include l’Amant Fortuné in Lully 's Armide at the Opéra National de Lorraine in Nancy (cond. Christophe Rousset), Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda with Musiciens du Louvre (cond. Francesco Corti) at Grenoble MC2, his debuts in the role of Ferrando in Cosi fan Tutte at Opera de Nice.

Very active and versatile in the oratorio, his repertoire in concerts includes: Mozart’s Requiem, Mass in C, Litany KV195 and KV243, Haydn’s die Schöpfung, Die Jahreszeiten, Honegger’s Le Roi David, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, J.S. Bach’s Passions, Christmas Oratorio, Mass in B minor as well as numerous cantatas of the composer, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, Haendel’s Messiah and Brockes Passion, Schumann’s Aus Goethes Faust Szenen, Mendelssohn’s Die Erste Walpurgisnacht and Paulus, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Frank Martin’s Le Vin Herbé and Requiem.

He performs in major European Festivals and concert halls such as Festival of Flanders, Rheingau Festival, Folles Journées de Nantes, Bilbao, Lisbon, Tokyo, Early Music Festival in Lyon, Festival of La Roque d' Anthéron, Paleo Festival in Nyon, Ambronay Festival, Sion International Festival, Osterfestival Tirol, Festival Vancouver, Edinburgh Festival, Teatro Comunale Pavarotti of Modena, Festival delle Nazioni (Città di Castello) and opera theaters such as Lausanne, Friburg, Dijon, Besancon, Venice (La Fenice, Teatro Malibran) ,Toulouse etc.

On the operatic scene, he interprets roles such as Aristaeus/Pluto in Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, Sergei in Shostakovich’s Moskva Tcheriomuchki, Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites, Mister Owen in Postcard from Morocco by Dominick Argento, Clem/Alfred in Britten’s The Little Sweep, Normanno in Lucia di Lammermoor, Landry in Messager’s Fortunio in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patri (Giove/Eumete/Eurimaco),

He works under the baton of prestigious conductors such as: M. Corboz, W. Christie, C. Zacharias, T. Koopman, G. Garrido, P. Pierlot, K. Järvi, B. Tetu, J.M. Aymes, L.G. Alarcòn, S. MacLeod, M. Theobald, R. Rizzi Brignoli, J. Duxbury, G. Martínez, L. Gay, L. Gendre...

To his credit several recordings for labels Sony Classical- Vivarte, K617, Mirare Claves.

He makes his debuts with Marc Minkowski and Musiciens du Louvre in the role of The Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s Saint John’s Passion at Francfort’s Alte Oper.

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