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Bruno de Sá’s debut, Roma travestita, could hardly be more striking. The young Brazilian soprano explores a period when women were banned from the public stages of Rome and men assumed female operatic roles. Moreover, eight of the 13 arias on the album are receiving their world premiere recording. Opera magazine has described him as “astounding … with a high register of soprano purity. A true male soprano able to command thrillingly ringing tones …” In partnership with Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Francesco Corti he performs arias from the 18th century: by Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Vinci, Galuppi and Piccinni, and by the rarely heard Capua, Arena, Cocchi, Conforto and Garcìa Fajer.