" the program is a joyful compendium of the Baroque art of vocal composition and singing This is an amazing delight of virtuoso vocal display. He [Fagioli] fearlessly handles the intricacies, wide range, hurling at death-defying speed with a dark, mezzo-like color The instruental accompaniments are just as colorful and technically demanding. De March and the Academia Montis Regalis add to the musical display. What a sound! What an ear-dazzling display!]
Charles Parsons - American Record Guide - May/June 2015
" Fagioli does not disappoint. On first hearing, the vocal agility, the virtuoso coloratura - and actually. the pitch - are simply astonishing. Too much music washes over us - here, you just have to stop and wonder at the technique on display. The 12 oera arias, performed with Academia Montis Regalis conducted by Alessandro de Marchi, offer a wide-ranging glimpse into Popora’s work " *****
Rhian Morgan - Early Music Today magazine - March-May 2015
Performance ***** Recording ****
Fagioli forges his own powerful execution out of practices that Porpora helped invent. Ornaments of fiendish length, tempo and range spur Fagioli to ever-greater displays, racing ahead of the band. He is intense, yet precise, with a three octave register that is astonishingly rich from top to bottom. The climax of the disc is ’Gia si desta la tempesta’ (Already the storm is brewing’) in which, against the sound of a wind machine, Fagioli hurls volleys of diminutions with furious accurancy
Berta Joncus - BBC Music magazine - March 2015
Music ***** (Excellent) Sound ****½ (VeryGood/Excellent)
Reinmar Emans - Fono Forum magazine (Germany) - January2015
**** - Excellent disc
Jérémie Bigorie - Classica magazine (France) - December 2014-January 2015
Franco Fagioli is more than equal to the considerable demands of the music. As mentioned already, he throws off the extended coloratura passages with the greatest aplomb, every note precisely articulated, but also can command the beauty of tone and breath conrol to make arias infinately affecting
Alastair Harper - Early Music Review 163 - December 2014
"Partnered ably by Academia Montis Regalis, Franco Fagioli sings with fulsome bravado and technical virutosity in vibrant performances of 12 selections drawn from six different operas
David Vickers - Gramophone magazine - December 2014