Ermonela Jaho

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Ermonela Jaho (2017)

Ermonela Jaho (born 1974 ) is an Albanian opera singer (soprano).

Life

Ermonela Jaho's parents moved to Tirana when she was two years old. At the age of seventeen she began studying at the conservatory there . In 1993 she was invited to Mantua by Katia Ricciarelli and stayed in Italy. She attended the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome . Her first significant engagement was Mimi in La Bohème at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna . She moved to Bologna in 2000. Since 2003 she has worked in the USA, where she is married to Ervin Stafa and lives in Long Island , and in Italy.

Ermonela Jaho has engagements at the major opera houses in Europe and America and sings the Italian and French opera literature.

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

role Venue
Antonia ( Hoffmann's stories )
Anna Bolena ( Anna Bolena ) Sydney Opera House (July 2019)
Desdemona ( Otello )
Cio-Cio-San ( Madama Butterfly )
Manon ( Manon (Massenet) ) Teatro alla Scala , Milan (June 2012)
Manon ( Manon Lescaut (Puccini) ) Bavarian State Opera Munich (Apr. 2016)
Suor Angelica ( Ilertrico ) Bavarian State Opera, Munich (from December 2017)
Valentine ( Les Huguenots ) Opéra National de Paris (Sep. 2018)
Violetta Valéry ( La traviata )
  • Bavarian State Opera Munich (from June 2007)
  • Sydney Opera House (Feb 2017)
  • Opéra National de Paris (Sep. 2018)
  • Royal Opera House, London (Jan. 2019)

Award

Discography

  • Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata with Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry, Arena di Verona under Julian Kovatchev. DVD / Blu-ray Disc, Arthaus Musik (2011)
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zaza with Ermonela Jaho in the title role, BBC Symphony Orchestra under Maurizio Benini. CD, Opera Rara (2015)
  • Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly with Ermonela Jaho as Cio-Cio-San, Royal Opera House Covent Garden under Antonio Pappano. DVD / Blu-ray Disc, Opus Arte (2017)
  • Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi (original version from 1884) with Ermonela Jaho as Anna. London Philharmonic Orchestra under Mark Elder. CD, Opera Rara (2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Teresa Levonian Cole: I only felt free when singing , Interview, in: Financial Times , January 9, 2016, p. 11
  2. ↑ Nadine Koutcher: Les Contes d'Hoffmann-Antonia-Ermonela Jaho. In: Youtube (video document). November 23, 2016, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Joachim Lange: When the canals carry gondolas - Offenbach's “Les contes d'Hoffmann” in Amsterdam. In: nmz online. May 6, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Peter McCallum: Brutally tragedy recounted in 'troubled dream'. Anna Bolena Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theater, July 2. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. July 4, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  5. ^ Gustavo Gabriel Otero: Barcellona, ​​Otello, 01/02/2016. In: L'Ape musicale. February 12, 2016, accessed September 7, 2019 (Italian).
  6. ^ Verdi - Otello - customer, Jaho, Petean (Palumbo). In: Youtube (complete recording). September 25, 2016, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ermonela Jaho shines at Washington National Opera debut. In: Tirana Times. May 12, 2017, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Madama Butterfly - Ermonela Jaho - Teatro Real. In: Youtube (video document). January 31, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ Francisco Salazar: Metropolitan Opera 2017-18 Review - Madama Butterfly: Ermonela Jaho Triumphs In Tragic Portrayal Of Puccini's Heroine. In: Operawire. February 27, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Isabella Steppan: A major emotional event in Munich: Ermonela Jaho as Madama Butterfly. In: bachtrack.com. April 7, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Ugo Malasoma: Jules Massenet: Milano - Teatro alla Scala: Manon. In: OperaClick. June 19, 2012, accessed September 8, 2019 (Italian).
  12. ↑ a b Ermonela Jaho (short biography and performance history). Bavarian State Opera, accessed on September 7, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Manuel Brug: With Kirill Petrenko the world is out of joint. In: world. December 20, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Joachim Lange: Singing Festival at the Bastille - The Paris Opera shines with Giacomo Meyerbeer's Gand opéra “Les Huguenots”. In: nmz omline. October 2, 2018, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Harriet Cunningham: Ermonela Jaho's Violetta in La Traviata is fresh every night. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. February 2, 2017, accessed September 7, 2019 .
  16. ↑ DE 1:57 / 3:22 La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi - "Libiamo ne 'lieti calici" (Ermonela Jaho & Charles Castronovo). In: Youtube, video document. Opéra national de Paris, December 14, 2018, accessed on September 7, 2019 (French).
  17. ^ Richard Fairman: Ermonela Jaho is deeply moving in La traviata at the Royal Opera House. In: Financial Times. January 15, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Yaho, Ermonela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1974