Italian mezzo-soprano Romina Basso is a specialist in Baroque opera, especially known for her performances of Vivaldi. She attended the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, and earned a degree in Italian literature at Trieste University before launching her vocal career. She participated in several competitions, notably the Palma d'Oro, the Associazione Lirica Concertistica Italiana, Modena Musica, and Operalia Placido Domingo, among others. Basso has performed with major early music ensembles, including Le Concert des Nations, the Ricercar Consort, Europa Galante, Les Arts Florissants, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the King's Consort, and Modo Antiquo, and she has sung in concerts with modern orchestras, such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. She has collaborated with many conductors, including William Christie, Peter Maag, Jordi Savall, Frans Brüggen, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi, Emmanuelle Haïm, Marc Minkowski, Laurence Cummings, Andrea Marcon, Ottavio Dantone, and Paul McCreesh. Basso's recordings have been released by Naïve, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, and EMI.