Born in Florence, countertenor Filippo Mineccia has gained an international reputation for being one of the leading specialists in the repertoire of the castrato era. He has worked with renowned conductors such as Ottavio Dantone, Diego Fasolis, Václav Luks, Christophe Rousset, David Stern, Jordi Savall, Antonio Florio, Thomas Hengelbrock, Michael Hofstetter, Adam Viktora, Javier Ulises Illán, Ruben Jais, Enrico Onofri and the late Alan Curtis.
Filippo Mineccia has appeared in a number of roles in Handel’s operas including Tolomeo and the title role in Giulio Cesare at the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles, Unulfo (Rodelinda) at the Opera Rara Festival in Krakow and Ottone (Agrippina) at the Theater an der Wien, as well as the title role in Rinaldo, Alessandro (Tolomeo) and Oronte (Riccardo Primo). His appearances at the Handel Festival in Halle include Demetrio (Berenice), Dardano (Amadigi di Gaula) and the title role in Lucio Cornelio Silla.
Other appearances include Ottone (L’incoronazione di Poppea) at the Liceu in Barcelona and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Endimione (Cavalli’s La Calisto) in Strasbourg, Carmina Burana at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and Bach’s Magnificat with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Hengelbrock in Tokyo. Appearances in rarer repertoire include Achille in Francesco Sacrati’s La finta pazza with Leonardo García Alarcón in Dijon, Geneva and Versailles and Anassandro in the first modern performances of Riccardo Broschi’s Merope conducted by Alessandro De Marchi in Innsbruck and at the Theater an der Wien.
Recent and future engagements include Scarlatti’s Cain, overo Il primo omicidio with Ensemble Artaserse and Philippe Jaroussky in Montpellier and Salzburg, a revival of La finta pazza at Versailles and a recording project for three countertenors with the newly founded Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles and Stefan Plewniak.
