Tenor Valerio Contaldo joins Interartists for general management
Interartists is delighted to announce that tenor Valerio Contaldo is joining our agency for General Management.
Recent highlights include his return to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence for Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète with the London Symphony Orchestre led by Sir Mark Elder, the role of Oronte in Alcina on tour in Spain and France with Les Musiciens du Louvre, the title role in Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, the Evangelist in Bach's Matthäus Passion, Morphée in Lully’s Atys at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, as well as Damon in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, in Paris and Amsterdam.
Since 2017, Valerio Contaldo has consistently excelled in the role of Orfeo, with notable performances in Barcelona, Adelaide, Shanghai and Beijing with Concerto Italiano led by Rinaldo Alessandrini and in Brussels, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Paris, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo with Cappella Mediterranea led by Leonardo García Alarcón, and in Budapest and in Budapest, Vicenza and Geneva with the Budapest Festival Orchestra led by Iván Fischer.
Among his recent notable recordings are Monteverdi's L’Orfeo with La Cappella Mediterranea (Alpha), Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria (CVS), Bach's B minor Mass with Gli Angeli Genève (Claves) or Dafne in Lauro by Fux with the ensemble Zefiro (Arcana), Monteverdi’s Il Setttimo Libro de’ Madrigali (Naïve), all highly acclaimed.
Valerio Contaldo was born in Italy and raised in Switzerland. After training as a classical guitarist in Sion and Paris, he studied singing with Gary Magby at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne, earning a Master's degree in singing performance. In 2008, he reached the finals of the Leipzig Bach Competition, after which his career as a soloist took flight.
More information about Valerio can be found on his artist page.
Valerio Contaldo is represented worldwide by Rozemarijn Tiben.
E: rozemarijn.tiben@interartists.nl
T: +31 6 34 27 22 82