For your GRAMMY® consideration
Rocky Duval | Andrea Roberts
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Best Album Cover
The album
MELZITA is a new take on Hildegard von Bingen's music and her secret language, Lingua Ignota, by award winning mezzo-soprano Rocky Duval and GRAMMY® nominated engineer and producer Andrea Roberts.
The album has seven tracks. Three are Hildegard's compositions and four are Rocky Duval's own compositions, written in Hildegard's secret 12th century language.
The title, MELZITA, means "honey" in Lingua Ignota. An homage to Hildegard's work as a naturalist healer, and a reminder to the artists to choose softness and sweetness in every choice on the album.
"MELZITA offers a quiet space where ancient music and modern creativity can exist together with ease."
Read the review →"MELZITA feels rooted in contemplation rather than trend."
Read the review →The artists
Vocals
A New York based singer, performance poet and writer specializing in baroque and contemporary classical music. She has performed with The Metropolitan Opera Guild, The Glimmerglass Festival and The Seattle Symphony, won first prize at Japan's Ise-Shima singing competition in 2022, and wrote Hildegard, Reborn, a sold out Lincoln Center production celebrating St. Hildegard von Bingen.
Producer & Keyboard
A producer, mixer and audio engineer whose credits include Beyoncé's Grammy winning albums Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. A former jazz pianist turned engineer, she got her start at NRG Recording in Los Angeles before building a freelance career across hip hop, classical and film. andrearobertsmusic.com