Born in Milan, Roberta Invernizzi studied piano and double bass before turning to singing, studying with Margaret Heyward. She went on to specialise in baroque and classical repertoire and is now one of the most sought after soloists in the field of early music. She has sung in many of the most important theatres in Europe and the United States, working with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Andrew Parrot, Jordi Savall, Alan Curtis, Giovanni Antonini, Fabio Biondi, Antonio Florio, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Ottavio Dantone and collaborating regularly with ensembles such as Concentus Musicus Wien, Accademia Bizantina, Il Giardino Armonico, Cappella de’ Turchini, Concerto Italiano, Europa Galante, La Risonanza, I Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, Archibudelli and RSTI Lugano. In 2005/2006 she sang the rôle of Armida in Handel’s Rinaldo at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Minerva in Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria in Cremona and Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea in Italy with O. Dantone, Galuppi’s Olimpiade at the Teatro La Fenice with Andrea Marcon, Mozart’s C Minor Mass and Davide Penitente at the Musikverein in Vienna and Styriarte Festival with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Vivaldi’s La Senna Festeggiante at the Lufthansa Festival in London with Ivor Bolton. Recent opera performances
include principal rôles in Handel’s
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at the Salzburg Festival with Il Giardino Armonico, Cavalli’s
La Statira (title rôle) at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with Cappella de’ Turchini, Scarlatti’s
La Santissima Trinità (EMI Virgin recording) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in
Paris and in Palermo with Europa Galante, Handel’s
Trionfo del Tempo with Martin Haselböck at the Salzburg Festival, and Scarlatti’s
La Vergine dei Dolori at Teatro San Carlo in Naples with Rinaldo Alessandrini.
Roberta Invernizzi has made over sixty recordings with major record companies, many of which have been recognised by the musical press with awards such as Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Goldberg’s Five Stars, Deutsche Schallplatten Preis and Gramophone awards. Her solo CD Dolcissimo Sospiro with Accademia Strumentale Italiana and Alberto Rasi won the renowned Midem Classical Awards 2007. She gives master-classes in singing at the Civica School in Milan.
