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Linda Perillo has been acclaimed in North America, Europe and further afield, as one of the great Baroque sopranos of her generation. Her highly sensitive and cultivated voice is appreciated by audiences and critics alike for its “marvellous control and expressivity”. She has performed as soloist throughout North America with period instrument groups such as Tafelmusik in Toronto and the San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, as well as with numerous symphony orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and the C.B.C. Vancouver Orchestra. Although her repertoire is mainly from the baroque period, she has sung much contemporary music, including works by Arvo Part with The Hilliard Ensemble, both in the Winnipeg New Music Festival and in Italy. Her career in Europe includes appearances and recordings with Trevor Pinnock’s The English Concert and Paul McCreesh’s The Gabrieli Consort, and with La Grande Ecurie under Jean-Claude Malgoire, and La Chapelle Royale under Phillipe Herreweghe. Linda sang the role of Cupid in Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’, staged by The Sixteen under Harry Christophers in Lisbon, and the role of Galatea in staged performances of Handel’s ‘Acis and Galatea’ with the Wiener Akademie, with whom she also performed a series of concerts and recordings of music from the Viennese Imperial Courts. Linda has appeared extensively with The Israel Camerata, as well as in festivals in the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Croatia, and the Phillipines. is much in demand in Germany, for opera, oratorio, and recitals. "Handel Festival star Linda Perillo once again sang the audience onto their feet....in her final aria, (of Handel’s ‘Il Trionfo’), her atmospheric sound made time stand still”, wrote one critic. On her role of Seleuce in the Halle Opera production of Handel’s ‘Tolomeo’, another critic proclaimed that “ Linda Perillo’s shining, lyrical and tender voice is made for this music”. “With everything she sings, she awakens wonder...whether for the lightness of her coloratura, the power of her expression, her resonance, her style, or the obvious enjoyment she derives from her efforts”. HA’ARETZ, ISRAEL
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