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núria rial, soprano

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Núria Rial studied voice and piano in her native Catalonia and was a member of Kurt Widmer's class at the Basel Music Academy. In 2003, she was awarded the "Preis der Helvetia Patria Jeunesse Stiftung" by Pro Europa for her exceptional achievements as a singer. She has performed at major music festivals across Europe and works with conductors like Ivan Fischer, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Goodwin, Trevor Pinnock, Howard Griffiths, Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Thomas Hengelbrock, Laurence Cummings, Neville Marriner, and Teodor Currentzis, as well as notable ensembles like Concerto Köln, The English Concert, Kammerorchester Basel, Collegium 1704, Il Giardino Armonico, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Elbipolis Barockorchester, Le Cetra Basel, and L’Arpeggiata, Festival Lucerne Strings. She has appeared in important operatic productions at many of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses: Eliogabalo (Eritea) by Cavalli at Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels with René Jacobs; Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (Euridice) at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin with René Jacobs and at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva with Giovanni Antonini; and Mozart's The Magic Flute (Pamina) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.
Núria Rial has an extensive discography, having recorded for labels such as Harmonia Mundi France (award-winning recording of Le Nozze di Figaro conducted by René Jacobs or more recently Traces to Anna Magdalena Bach). Since 2009, she has had an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical / BMG Masterworks. The 9 German arias by Händel with Michael Oman / Austrian Baroque Company were awarded the prestigious Orphée d'Or 2010. In 2009, the CD Haydn - Arie per un'amante with Michi Gaigg / Orfeo Barockorchester won an Echo Classical Music Award, and she received a second Echo Award for her contribution to the CD Teatro d'Amore. In 2010, she received the Echo Klassik for the CD Via Crucis with L'Arpeggiata led by Christina Pluhar, and in 2012 she was awarded for her CD Telemann with the Basel Chamber Orchestra in the category 'Best Opera Arias CD'

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vespres d'arnadí

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Vespres d’Arnadí was created in 2005 by Pere Saragossa and Dani Espasa to offer performances full of emotion, freshness, and spontaneity, using historical instruments and criteria. Its name recalls the concerts that in the 18th century were usually held in the evenings as desserts after the distinguished dinners of nobles and bourgeois. Pumpkin, sugar, and almonds are the ingredients of arnadí, one of the oldest desserts in the Valencian Country. The group has performed in important venues and festivals across Europe, including Peralada, Barcelona, London, Halle, Prague, Madeira, Seville, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, and Madrid, among others. With the label Musièpoca, they have recorded the discs "Pièces de Simphonie" by Charles Desmazures, "Missa en Re Major" by Josep Mir i Llussà, and "Anna Maria Strada" by Händel with soprano María Espada, "Invisibili" with Xavier Sabata, "Giuseppe Riconosciuto" a oratorio by Domènech Terradellas, and "El regreso del hijo pródigo" an oratorio by Carles Baguer These last two were released in 2026. In 2018, 'L’Alessandro amante' was presented, starring Xavier Sabata, under the French label Aparté. Besides the mentioned singers, the orchestra collaborates with prestigious soloists such as, to name a few, sopranos Núria Rial, Serena Sáenz, Ana Quintans, Anna Devin, Sunhae Im, Giulia Semenzato, and Marie Lys; contraltos Hilary Summers and Marta Infante; mezzo-sopranos Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Mary Ellen Nesi; tenors Emiliano González Toro, Mark Milhofer, Thomas Walker, and Juan Sancho; and basses Nicolas Brooymans, Luigi di Donato, José Antonio López, and Josep-Ramon Olivé. Vespres d'Arnadí receives support from the Ramon Llull Institute, the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Ministry of Culture.