Sara Mingardo
Sara Mingardo (born 2 March 1961) is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens won a Gramophone Award and both the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album in 2002. Some of the other roles she has performed on stage or on disc include Andronico in Tamerlano, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and the title roles in Carmen, Giulio Cesare, Riccardo Primo, and Rinaldo. She has also recorded several Vivaldi cantatas, Bach cantatas, and such concert works as Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater, and Vivaldi's Gloria among others.
Genre: opera, classical-contralto
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Top Tracks
- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: IV. Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium)
- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Tuba mirum (Sequenz)
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: No. 2, Aria, Larghetto "Ah, ch'infelice sempre"
- Dixit Dominus, RV 594: IV. Tecum principium
- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Recordare (Sequenz)
- Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: V. Benedictus (Sanctus)
- Bellini: La Sonnambula, Act II: "Ah! no credea mirarti" (Amina/Teresa/Rodolfo/Elvino/Alessio/Coro)
- L'Olimpiade, RV 725 - Act I, scene 15 : Gemo In Punto E Fremo - Allegro
- Gloria, RV 589: IX. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
- Gloria, RV 589: VII. Domine Deus Agnus Dei
- Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: I. Duetto. Sorge il dì - Spunta l'aurora
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: No. 4, Aria, Allegro "Nell'orrido albergo"
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Cessate, omai cessate", RV 684: No. 1, Recitativo, Largo e sciolto "Cessate, omai cessate"
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Amor, hai vinto", RV 683: No. 4, Aria "Se à me rivolge il ciglio"
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Amor, hai vinto", RV 683: No. 3, Recitativo "In che strano e confuso"
- Cantata for Alto, Strings and Continuo "Amor, hai vinto", RV 683: No. 2, Aria "Passo di pena in pena"
- Stabat Mater: XIII. Juxta crucem tecum stare
- Stabat Mater, P. 77: X. Fac ut portem Christi mortem & XI. Inflammatus et accensus
- L'Olimpiade - Aria: Mentre Dormi, Amor Fomenti
- Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: XXIII. Aria. "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Polifemo)
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