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Rosa Feola
Rosa Feola as Susanna (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro), Wiener Staatsoper on tour in Japan November 2016
Background information
Born (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 (age 38)
San Nicola la Strada, Caserta, Italy
Genresopera
Occupation(s)soprano
Years active2009–present

Rosa Feola (born 21 May 1986) is an Italian operatic soprano.

Early life and training

Feola was born and grew up in San Nicola la Strada, Caserta (Italy), in a music-loving family.[1] Having studied with Mara Naddei, in 2008 she graduated in singing with a first-class honors degree from Salerno's Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci [it]. She continued her studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's Opera Studio attending master classes by Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi, and Cesare Scarton.[2]

Career

Feola made her operatic debut in the role of Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims) under Kent Nagano at the Santa Cecilia Academy at age 23.[3][4] She came to international attention winning Second Prize, the Zarzuela Prize and the Rolex Audience Prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia 2010.[5]

In the following year, she made her role debuts / house debuts as Adina (L'elisir d'amore) at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma,[6] Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at Teatro La Fenice,[7] and Micaëla (Carmen) at Deutsche Oper Berlin.[8] Most significant was singing the role of Inez in the modern premiere of Mercadante's I due Figaro under Riccardo Muti with whom she has maintained a longtime collaboration since then.[3][9] The performances at Ravenna Festival were recorded live and later released on the Ducale label.[2]

In 2012, she made her US debut with Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Millennium Park singing the soprano part of Carmina Burana under Muti, and later made her Carnegie Hall debut in its season-opening concert with CSO and Muti with the same program.[10] In the same year, at Ravenna Festival, in a production directed by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, Feola made her role debut of Gilda (Rigoletto),[11] a signature role of hers, which has served as the vehicle for her house debuts at Opernhaus Zürich (2013),[12] Bayerische Staatsoper (2015),[13] Lyric Opera of Chicago (2017, her US stage opera debut),[14] and the Metropolitan Opera (2019).[15]

In 2014, she made her Wigmore Hall debut in the Rosenblatt Recital Series with pianist Iain Burnside.[16]

2015 and 2016 were her breakthrough years. Her appearance as Elvira in Welsh National Opera's new production I puritani[17] won her rave reviews--she was honored as "Best Female in an Opera Production" at the Wales Theatre Awards[18] and cited for outstanding achievement in Great Britain’s What’s On Stage Opera Poll 2016.[19] The year of 2015 also saw the release of her first solo album, Musica e Poesia, on the Opus Arte label, with selections by such composers as Ottorino Respighi, Giuseppe Martucci, Amilcare Ponchielli, Ciro Pinsuti, and Franz Liszt.[20] The recording was selected as an editor’s choice in the March issue of Gramophone[21] and shortlisted for the Solo Vocal category of 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.[22] She was shortlisted as the best female singer of the International Opera Awards 2016, alongside Anna Bonitatibus, Mariella Devia, Christine Goerke, Evelyn Herlitzius, and Anna Netrebko.[23] In 2016, she also sang the role of Nannetta (Falstaff) in concert performances of Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Muti as part of the citywide Shakespeare 400 Celebration,[24][25] made her US recital debut in San Francisco,[26] made Proms debut singing concert arias by Mendelssohn and Mozart,[27] made her Wiener Staatsoper debut in the role of Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro),[28] and toured with Wiener Staatsoper to Japan with the same role under Muti in the classical production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.[29]

Feola appeared in the 2017 New Year's Concert of La Fenice singing music by Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi under Fabio Luisi. The concert was boradcasted by RAI and streamed by ARTE worldwide.[30] She made her Teatro alla Scala debut in 2017 as well, in her role debut of Ninetta for the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the premiere of La gazza ladra at La Scala (1817) under Riccardo Chailly. The performance was broadcast by RAI Radio and TV and was shown in cinemas worldwide as part of the "All'Opera" 16/17 Season.[31]

Other roles Feola has sung include Serafina (Il campanello), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Musetta (La bohème), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Carolina (Il matrimonio segreto), Norina (Don Pasquale), Sandrina (La finta giardiniera), Ilia (Idomeneo), Leïla (Les pêcheurs de perles), Amina (La sonnambula), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor).

Personal life

Feola got married on 9 December 2015. Her husband, baritone Sergio Vitale, is also from Caserta.[1] Rosa Feola has two younger brothers: Carlo, a bass-baritone, and Gianluca, a violinist.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b "Il soprano sannicolese Rosa Feola convolerà a nozze con il baritono casertano Sergio Vitale". Vivi Casagiove. 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Notes", I due Figaro, ℗© 2012 Ducale, DUC 045-47
  3. ^ a b Emiliano Metalli (12 July 2017). "Il sorriso e la tenacia – Intervista a Rosa Feola". Connessi all'Opera.
  4. ^ "News dai Corsi". Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
  5. ^ "Winners". Operalia, The World Opera Competition.
  6. ^ "L'elisir d'amore, Stagione 2010/2011". Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
  7. ^ "Le nozze di Figaro, Stagione 2010/2011" (PDF). Teatro La Fenice.
  8. ^ "Carmen, Donnerstag, 03.11.2011". Deutsche Oper Berlin. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Saverio Mercadante | I due Figaro". Salzburger Festspiele.
  10. ^ John von Rhein (22 September 2012). "Before strike, it's 'singing in the rain' at Millennium Park for CSO". Chicago Tribune.
  11. ^ "Trilogia d'autunno - 'Aspettando Verdi' - Rigoletto". Ravenna Festival. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Rigoletto, Saison 2012/2013". Opernhaus Zürich.
  13. ^ "Rigoletto, Freitag, 13. November 2015". Bayerische Staatsoper.
  14. ^ "Rigoletto, Season 2017/2018". Lyric Opera of Chicago.
  15. ^ "Rigoletto, Season 2018/2019". Metropolitan Opera.
  16. ^ "Rosa Feola - Rosenblatt Recitals - 09 Jan 2014". Rosenblatt Recitals.
  17. ^ "I puritani, Autumn 2015". Welsh National Opera.
  18. ^ "The Awards 2016/Y Gwobrau 2016". The Wales Theatre Awards.
  19. ^ "Winners of 2016 WhatsOnStage Opera Poll". What's On Stage.
  20. ^ "Rosenblatt Recitals: Rosa Feola - Musica e Poesia". Opus Arte.
  21. ^ Martin Cullingford (26 February 2016). "Editor's Choice recordings – March 2016". Gramophone.
  22. ^ "The 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Awards Shortlist". Gramophone. 1 August 2016.
  23. ^ "Archive 2016". International Opera Awards.
  24. ^ "Falstaff, April 21-26 2016, Program Notes" (PDF). Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
  25. ^ "Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Falstaff". Shakespeare 400 Chicago.
  26. ^ "Rosa Feola, soprano | Fabio Centanni, piano". San Francisco Performances. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ "Proms 2016 Prom 9 - BBC Proms". BBC.
  28. ^ "Le nozze di Figaro, 21.10.2016". Wiener Staatsoper.
  29. ^ "Le nozze di Figaro / 2016, Stages, Wien". NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation.
  30. ^ "Capodanno 2017". Teatro La Fenice.
  31. ^ "La gazza ladra, Stagione 2016/2017". Teatro alla Scala.
  32. ^ "Meine Selbst Gebackene Pizza ist Wirklich Fantastisch!" (PDF). Theaterjournal #10 p.20-21 - Theater Basel.

External links

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