Carlo Vistoli

Biography

In a few years, Carlo Vistoli has reached the firmament of countertenors on the biggest stages in the world. He seduces with the warm beauty of
his timbre while impressing with technical means that allow him to draw complete psychological portraits of the characters embodied.

Guitarist and pianist by training, Carlo Vistoli began his studies as a countertenor in 2007. He won prestigious competitions: First Prize at Cleto Tomba Competition in 2012, Audience Prize and Farinelli Prize at Naples Baroque Singing Competition in 2013 or again, the same year, the First Prize at Renata Tebaldi Competition (Baroque category).

In 2015, his entry into Le Jardin des Voix des Arts Florissants (William Christie) led to an acceleration of his career, with concerts all over the world. Alongside Le Jardin des Voix, Carlo Vistoli took part in major productions at Ravenna Festival or Festival Dei due mondi in Spoleto, not to mention La Fenice in Venice or the Teatro Regio in Turin.

In 2017, he was selected by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for the role of Umana Fragilità in Il Ritorno by Ulisse in Patria and Ottone in Incoronazione di Poppea for the gigantic Monteverdi 450 tour. He performs both in Europe (Berlin, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Paris, Salzburg, Venice...) and United States (Chicago, New York).

The previous seasons have been particularly rich: for stage productions, Ruggiero in Orlando furioso by Vivaldi at La Fenice (Diego Fasolis for direction – Fabio Ceresa for staging), Ottone from L'Incoronazione di Poppea at Salzburg Festival ( William Christie – Jan Lauwers; Harmonia mundi immortalized this production on disc), Artabano in Artaserse by Hasse at Pinchgut Opera (Erin Helyard – Chas Rader-Shieber), Luci mie Traditrici by Sciarrino, Il Trionfo del Tempo of Handel with Les Accents and Thibault Noally, Semele of Händel in Shanghai, Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini in Brussels and Paris, Rinaldo by Händel at Lausanne Opera.

The two last seasons were dazzling : La Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo by Cavalieri at Theater an der Wien conducted by Giovanni Antonini (staged director : Robert Carsen) ; Il Trionfo del Tempo with Les Accents at Philharmonie of Paris and in Moscow, Orfeo ed Euridice (title role) by Gluck at Komische Oper in Berlin, Stabat Mater by Pergolesi alongside Cecilia Bartoli, Olimpiade of Vivaldi with Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Carlo performed a brilliant Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare of Händel under the direction of Philippe Jaroussky at Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Montpellier Opera, then Ruggiero in Alcina of Händel, and, for the first time, Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea at Berlin Staatsoper.

During the 2023/24 season, he will come back to Berlin to sing Farnace in Mozart's Mitridate, and he will be again Orfeo in Carsen's production of Gluck's masterpiece in Valencia; Carlo will also sing the title role in Rinaldo in tour, as well as Giulio Cesare alongside Cecilia Bartoli. He will make his debute at San Francisco Opera with the role of Arsace in Händel's Partenope.

Carlo Vistoli has already collaborated with several labels among which we can cite Harmonia mundi, Brilliant, Tactus and Bongiovanni. His first recital records were published by Arcana. La Lucrezia has just been released with La Stagione and Paolo Zanzu for the La Musica label which, among other things, won the Diamond stamp from Opera Magazine.