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.

Autumnal Gold - 2025-12-26T00:00:00.000000Z

La scusa - 2025-08-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - 2025-04-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bononcini, Lotti & Steffani: Se con stille frequenti. Duetti da camera - 2016-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Viola Sonatas, Op. 120, 2 Gesänge, Op. 91 - 2016-10-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Cornacchioli: Diana Schernita (Live) - 2014-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Vivaldi: L'incoronazione di Dario - 2014-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder & Lieder eine Fahrenden Gesellen - 2012-04-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Händel: Germanico - 2011-06-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Fano: La mia sera - 2011-06-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Respighi: La Sensitiva - 2010-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Vivaldi: Gloria - 2009-08-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Pergolesi: Stabat mater; Violin Concerto; Salve Regina in C minor - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

From Monteverdi to Haendel (Arie, Madrigali e Cantate) - 2008-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Handel: Messiah - 2007-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Vivaldi: L'olimpiade - 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Haendel: Arias, Madrigals & Cantatas - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Contralto - 2002-11-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Vivaldi: Stabat Mater - 2002-05-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Les Troyens - 2001-07-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rossini: Stabat Mater - 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict - 2000-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach, J.S.: Christmas Cantatas BWV 63, 64, 121 & 133 - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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