Filippo Mineccia, Nereydas & Javier Ulises Ill¡n
Biography Filippo Mineccia, Nereydas & Javier Ulises Ill¡n
Filippo Mineccia
is internationally recognised 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, and Singing Practice dwith Gianni Fabbrini and Donatella Debolini.
During these years, Mineccia has also participated as a soloist in many important Ancient Music Festivals.
In those years he works with groups such as Il Complesso Barocco, La Capella de la Pietà de' Turchini, Collegium Marianum, Capella Krakoviensis, Accademia Bizantina, laBarocca, Divino Sospiro, I Barocchisti, La Folia Barockorchester, Zucker Kammerorkester and Auser Musici. He works with conductors such as Alan Curtis, Antonio Florio, Ottavio Dantone, Ruben Jais, Filippo Maria Bressan, Michael Hofstetter, Enrico Onofri, Diego Fasolis, Carlo Ipata.
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 in Haendel's Tolomeo Re d'Egitto at the Teatro Arriaga, Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare with Accademia Bizantina and Complesso Barocco, conducted by Ottavio Dantone and he recorded the role with Alan Curtis for Naive, Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda with Capella Krakoviensis conducted by J. T. Adamus, Dardano in Amadigi by Haendel with Kammerochester Basel and Ottavio Dantone at Versailles, Basel and Halle and Tamerlano in Bajazet by Francesco Gasparini with Auser Musici, conducted by Carlo Ipata also recorded for Glossa.
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 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 Haydn's Missa Cellensis, conducted by Filippo Maria Bressan. In March 2015 Filippo Mineccia sang Matthauspassion by J. S. Bach with laBarocca conducted by Ruben Jais at the Auditorium di Milano and at the Duomo di Milano.
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 I Turchini di Antonio Florio (Glossa).
Very recent engagements include: Carmina Burana at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and at the Auditorium di Milano; 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.
