Raffaele Pé
is quickly establishing himself as one of the finest Italian countertenor of his generation. Acclaimed for the pureness and the beauty of his voice he has already performed and recorded with many leading conductors. These include Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Nicholas McGegan, Christophe Coin and Claudio Cavina. He has appeared at London Spitalfields, Kings Place, Aldeburgh Festival, Bologna Festival, Amuz Antwerp, Festival van Vlaanderen, Salisbury Art, Brixen Geistliche Musik and PaviaBarocca.

Born in Italy, he started his studies in singing and organ when he was a chorister in Lodi Cathedral, from the age of six under Pietro Panzetti. Continuing his training in London with Colin Baldy and Nicholas Clapton, he was chosen by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for the Monteverdi Apprentices scheme in 2009.

Recent highlights include, Isaac in Charpentier’s Sacrificium Abrahae and Pastore and Speranza in Monteverdi’s Orfeo for La Nuova Musica, Handel Duets with La Venexiana, Bach Christmas Oratorio with Christophe Coin and the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Handel’s Israel in Egypt with Nicholas McGegan and Cappella Savaria, and appearances at the side of Marco Beasley in Handel’s Joshua, Judas and Esther.

Increasingly in demand on European opera stages, future engagements include Scarlatti’s Venere Amore e Adone in Rome, collaborations with the renowned Milan orchestra La Verdi, Monteverdi’s Orfeo in Krakow and Bucharest and Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea as part of La Venexiana’s 2014 Japanese tour. Bella dama will be his first solo recording for Resonus Classics.