Roberta Invernizzi

Roberta Invernizzi, soprano                   

Born in Milan in 1966 she studied piano and doublebass before turning to singing. She studied with Margaret Heyword in Milan and in England specialized in baroque singing with 

Emma Kirkby. She is now one of Italys most sought after sopranos, a specialist in 16^th, 17^th and 18^th century music, and works with     directors and ensembles such as Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Jordy Savall, Anner Bylsma, Christophe Coin, Alan Curtis, Andrew Parrot, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, New York Collegium, Orchestra Baroque de Limoges, Archibudelli, La Cappella della Pietà dei Turchini, Hesperion XX, Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca and Il Giardino Armonico.

She has made over 50 recordings, for Virgin-EMI, Opus 111, Symphonia and Stradivarius, and has performed concerts and operas thoughout Europe and the United States, including Rome, Milan, Vienna, Prague, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Prague, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

In January 1998 she was invited by Gustav Leonhardt to sing in the inaugural concert of the New York Collegium.

Since 1997 she has taught baroque singing at the Centro di Musica Antica Pietà dei Turchini in Naples, where she now lives.