Visentin Sings Sacred Vivaldi
“The protagonist of this recording is the contralto Alessandra Visentin, an authentic serious voice student of Bernadette Manca di Nissa and Sara Mingardo. Her performances touched the main European theaters and the top conductors. Specialist in Baroque, her performances of Juditha Triumphans are remarkable; she is also active in fine romantic music and contemporary compositions. Her recnet tours of Julius Caesar in Versailles and Paisiello's Mass Defunctorum with Riccardo Muti are memorable. Riccardo Chailly personally chose her for the Scaligeri productions of Fanciulla del West and Manon Lescaut by Puccini.”(Original review in Italian. Translation via Google Translate)