Born in Milan, she studied piano and double bass before turning to singing, studying with the Margaret Heyward. She went on to specialize in baroque and classical repertoire and is now one of the most sought after soloists in the field of baroque and classical music.
She has sung in many of the most important theatres in Europe and the United States, working with conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Franz Brüggen, Jordi Savall, Alan Curtis, Giovanni Antonini, Fabio Biondi, Antonio Florio, Rinaldo Alessandrini and Ottavio Dantone and collaborating regularly with ensembles like: Concentus Musicus Wien, Accademia Bizantina, Il Giardino Armonico, Cappella de la Pieta dei Turchini, Concerto Italiano, Europa Galante, Ensemble Matheus, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Archibudelli and RTSI Lugano.
She sung the role of Armida in Handel’s Rinaldo at Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Nerone in Handel’s Agrippina with Alan Curtis at Teatro Real in Madrid; La Satira (title-role) of Cavalli at teatro San Carlo in Napoli; Galuppi’s Olimpiade with Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra in Teatro La Fenice; Vivaldi’s Ercole sul Termodonte and Cavalli’s Virtu degli Strali d’Amore with Fabio Biondi in Teatro La Fenice etc.
Recent performances include principal roles like: Mozart’s C Minor Mass and Davide Penitente at the Musikverein in Vienna and Styriarte Festival with N. Harnoncourt; title role in Sant’Elena al Calvario with Fabio Biondi at the Salzburg Festival; Haendel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at the Salzburg Festival with Il Giardino Armonico; Scarlatti’s La Santissima Trinità at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and in Palermo with Europa Galante; Handel’s Trionfo del Tempo with Martin Haselböck and Scarlatti’s La Vergine dei Dolori at Teatro San Carlo in Naples with Rinaldo Alessandrini.
In September 2009 she has been acclaimed in Monteverdi’s Orfeo al Teatro alla Scala under the baton of Rinaldo Alessandrini and staged by Robert Wilson.
Roberta Invernizzi has made over 70 recordings among them many world première with labels like: Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI/Virgin, Naïve, Opus 111, Symphonia, Glossa, many of which have been recognized by the musical press with awards like Diapason D’Or de l’Année, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Goldberg’s Five Stars, Grammophone Awards and Deutsche Schallplatten Preis. Her solo-cd “Dolcissimo Sospiro” with Accademia Strumentale Italiana won the renowned Midem Classical Awards 2007 and the Stanley Prize. In 2010 her solo-cd of Handel Italian Cantatas for Glossa won the Stanley Prize “ best Handel recording of the year”.
She gives masterclasses in singing at the Civica School in Milan.
Among her engagements for 2010 and 2011, we mention: recital Pergolesi/Mozart at the Queen Elisabeth Hall with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Handel’s Arie e duetti with Anima Eterna (Joss von Immerseel) and Philippe Jaroussky for a European tour; Program of Telemann in Berlin with Akademie fur Alte Musik; Vagaus in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans with Orquesta Nacional de España; Maddalena in Handel’s La Resurrezione with Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Ottone in Villa with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, Gluck’s Orfeo at the Teatro della Maestranza in Sevilla with Orquestra Baroccca of Sevilla.