Filippo Mineccia
Countertenor
The Italian Countertenor Filippo Mineccia is internationally
recognized as one of the greatest specialist in Alto roles of
the Great Castrato Era.
Born in Florence in 1981, Filippo Mineccia begins very early
his musical studies in the prestigious School of Music of
Fiesole, singing in the Polyphonic Choir.
After that, he continues his musical studies in cello practice,
obtaining the degree at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatoire in
Florence. In the same period, he obtains the Singing Practice
degree with Gianni Fabbrini in the same Conservatoire. In October 2011 he obtains his final High Degree in
Singing Practice with Distinction with professor Donatella Debolini.
In those years he works with groups like Il Complesso Barocco, La Capella de la Pietá de’
Turchini, Collegium Marianum, Capella Krakoviensis, Accademia Bizantina, Divino Sospiro, I
Barocchisti, La Folia Barockorchester, Zucker Kammerorkester and Auser Musici. He works with
Directors like Alan Curtis, Antonio Florio, Ottavio Dantone, Ruben Jais, Filippo Maria Bressan,
Michael Hofstetter, Enrico Onofri, Diego Fasolis, Carlo Ipata.
Filippo Mineccia’s great talent has been proven by the winning of several important prizes both in national
and international singing competitions.
During these years, Mineccia has also participated as a soloist in many important Ancient Music Festivals.
In the operatic repertoire, he sang the role of Giulio Cesare, in the homonymous Haendel’s opera in the
Hagen Stadt Theater, Telamone in Ercole sul Termodonte by Antonio Vivaldi (published in DVD with
Dynamic, Nerone in Ottavia Restituita al Trono by Domenico Scarlatti, Purcell’s Fairy Queen in Hagen
Stadt Theater, Alessandro’s role in Haendel’s Tolomeo Re d’Egitto at the Teatro Arriaga, Tolomeo’s role in
Giulio Cesare, with Accademia Bizantina and Complesso Barocco, directed by Ottavio Dantone and he
recorded the role with Alan Curtis for Naïve, Unulfo in Handel’s Rodelinda with Capella Krakoviensis
directed by J. T. Adamus, Dardano in Amadigi by Haendel with Kammerochester Basel directed by
Ottavio Dantone at Versailles, Basel and Halle and Tamerlano in Bajazet by Francesco Gasparini with
Auser Musici, directed by Carlo Ipata also recorded for Glossa.
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Among his latest sacred engagements we mention Passione and Stabat Mater by Francesco Provenzale
with La Cappella dei Turchini at the Misteria Paschalia Festivalin Krakow, the role of San Pietro in the
Passione by A. Caldara during La Chaise Dieu Festival in France, Haendel’s Dixit Dominus and
Purcell’s Te Deum with Orchestra Barroca Catalana as well as the Haydn’s Missa Cellensis, directed by
Filippo Maria Bressan.
His participation in the following recordings is also remarkable: “L’adorazione dei Magi”, “Il Tesoro di
San Gennaro” and “La Santissima Trinità” Oratorio by Gaetano Veneziano, all recorded with the
ensemble I Turchini di Antonio Florio (Glossa).
Very recent and future engagements include: Carmina Burana at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome; title role
in Handel’s Silla at the Handel festival in Halle conducted by Enrico Onofri, Ottone in Handel’s Agrippina
at the Theater an der Wien, a new exciting production of the great stage director Robert Carsen.
Last edited May 2015
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