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Divine Impresario Nicolini on stage
Various composers

Randall Scotting

Divine Impresario Nicolini on stage

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212098622
Catnr: SIGCD 986
Release date: 13 March 2026
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212098622
Catalogue number
SIGCD 986
Release date
13 March 2026
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About the album

Divine Impresario is countertenor Randall Scotting’s portrait of the celebrated castrato Nicolò Grimaldi (“Nicolini”), performed with the Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings. Drawing on arias and duets written for Nicolini by Handel, Porpora, Gasparini, Mancini, Giaj, Broschi, and Ariosti, the album revives music closely tied to his stage career across Italy and London. Many pieces are recorded in new performing editions based on early sources. With contributions from soprano Mary Bevan, the programme highlights Nicolini’s influence as singer, actor, and collaborator, presenting repertoire that shaped early 18th-century opera.

Artist(s)

Randall Scotting (countertenor)

Randall has become a sought-after artist by some of the world’s most esteemed opera houses.  In December of 2019 he made a spectacular debut at London’s Royal Opera House as Apollo in Britten’s Death in Venice, singing to sold-out audiences at Covent Garden in David McVicar’s acclaimed production.  Randall then joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera to cover performances of Handel’s Agrippina and returned to the Met in 2022 for performances of Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin.  In the spring of 2022 he made another impressive debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper singing the role of Michael in a new production of Haas’ micro-tonal opera Thomas.  Randall’s debut solo album with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, was released by Signum Classics in September 2022, entitled The Crown: Heroic Arias for Senesino.  The recording earned high praise from many reviewers; “Scotting lets...
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Randall has become a sought-after artist by some of the world’s most esteemed opera houses. In December of 2019 he made a spectacular debut at London’s Royal Opera House as Apollo in Britten’s Death in Venice, singing to sold-out audiences at Covent Garden in David McVicar’s acclaimed production. Randall then joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera to cover performances of Handel’s Agrippina and returned to the Met in 2022 for performances of Eurydice by Matthew Aucoin. In the spring of 2022 he made another impressive debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper singing the role of Michael in a new production of Haas’ micro-tonal opera Thomas. Randall’s debut solo album with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, was released by Signum Classics in September 2022, entitled The Crown: Heroic Arias for Senesino. The recording earned high praise from many reviewers; “Scotting lets loose a ravishing vocalism, deep colours, muscular core…Scotting’s messa da voce is mesmerising in music about love and despair alike” **** BBC Music Magazine.

A dramatically persuasive and intensely musical interpreter, Randall is recognised for winning over audiences with his stunning vocal beauty, stylish singing, and charismatic stage presence. Randall’s second album on the Signum label, LOVESICK, also received broad acclaim and was recorded in collaboration with Grammy award winning lutenist Stephen Stubbs. Randall returned to Germany in early 2023 to debut the role of Adone at Staatsoper Hamburg in the world premiere of Sciarrino’s Venere e Adone. Upon receiving rave reviews for his singing and acting as the Refugee in Flight at Seattle Opera, Randall performed again at Seattle Opera in late 2023 singing Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina.


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Laurence Cummings (conductor)

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01.
Idaspe: Mostro crudel, che fai?
04:34
(Riccardo Broschi) Academy of Ancient Music
02.
Ambleto: Porto Piagato in Petto
03:01
(Francesco Gasparini) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
03.
Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711 Version): Sinfonia
01:02
(George Frideric Handel) Academy of Ancient Music
04.
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Cara Sposa
10:00
(George Frideric Handel) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
05.
Siface: Spiegami il tuo desio
05:55
(Nicola Antonio Porpora) Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music
06.
Amadigi, HWV 11: Oh notte! - Notte amica
04:47
(George Frideric Handel) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
07.
Siface: Come nave in mezzo all'onda
05:28
(Nicola Porpora) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
08.
Antioco: Per te bell'idol mio
04:48
(Francesco Gasparini) Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music
09.
Idaspe Fedele: E vano ogni pensiero
08:56
(Francesco Mancini) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
10.
Rinaldo, HWV 7a (1711 Version): Venti turbini
05:02
(George Frideric Handel) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
11.
Tito manilo: Nò, non piangete nò
04:43
(Attilio Ariosti) Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music
12.
Tomiri: Sì, t'indendo o core amante
03:41
(Francesco Gasparini) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
13.
Antioco: Questo conforto
05:47
(Francesco Gasparini) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
14.
Mitridate: Pensa se ancor
05:17
(Giovanni Antonio Giai) Randall Scotting, Academy of Ancient Music
15.
Amadigi, HWV 11: Crudel tu non farai
05:30
(George Frideric Handel) Randall Scotting, Mary Bevan, Academy of Ancient Music
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