Rosa Feola (born 21 May 1986) is an Italian operatic soprano.
Rosa Feola | |
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 Rosa Feola, 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 21 May 1986 San Nicola la Strada, Caserta, Italy |
| Genres | opera |
| Occupation | soprano |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Early life and training
editFeola was born and grew up in San Nicola la Strada, Caserta (Italy), in a music-loving family.[1] At about 5, she had her first piano lesson with a cousin, and at around 6, she began to sing in coro dell'Accademia musicale di San Nicola and later the church choir.[2][3] Having studied with Mara Naddei, in 2008 she graduated in singing with a first-class honors degree from Salerno's Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci. 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.[4]
Career
editFeola made her operatic debut in the role of Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims) under Kent Nagano at the Santa Cecilia Academy at age 23.[5][6] She came to international attention winning Second Prize, the Zarzuela Prize and the Rolex Audience Prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia 2010.[7]
In the following year, she made her role debuts / house debuts as Adina (L'elisir d'amore) at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma,[8] Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at Teatro La Fenice,[9] and Micaëla (Carmen) at Deutsche Oper Berlin.[10] 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.[5][11] The performances at Ravenna Festival were recorded live and later released on the Ducale label.[4]
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.[12] In the same year, at Ravenna Festival, in a production directed by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, Feola made her role debut of Gilda (Rigoletto),[13] a signature role of hers, which has served as the vehicle for her house debuts at Opernhaus Zürich (2013),[14] Bayerische Staatsoper (2015),[15] Lyric Opera of Chicago (2017, her US stage opera debut),[16] and the Metropolitan Opera (2019).[17]
In 2014, she made her Wigmore Hall debut in the Rosenblatt Recital Series with pianist Iain Burnside.[18]
2015 and 2016 were her breakthrough years. Her appearance as Elvira in Welsh National Opera's new production I puritani[19] won her rave reviews—she was honored as "Best Female in an Opera Production" at the Wales Theatre Awards[20] and cited for outstanding achievement in Great Britain's What's On Stage Opera Poll 2016.[21] 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.[22] The recording was selected as an editor's choice in the March issue of Gramophone[23] and shortlisted for the Solo Vocal category of 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Awards.[24] 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.[25] 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,[26][27] made her US recital debut in San Francisco,[28] made Proms debut singing concert arias by Mendelssohn and Mozart,[29] made her Wiener Staatsoper debut in the role of Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro),[30] and toured with Wiener Staatsoper to Japan with the same role under Muti in the classical production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.[31]
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 broadcast by RAI and streamed by ARTE worldwide.[32] 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.[33]
On 21 June 2020, Feola joined Riccardo Muti and Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini for a concert inaugurating Ravenna Festival of the year, singing music of Mozart. The open-air concert taking place at Rocca Brancaleone, with all regulations of social distancing, was one of the first live concerts in Italy after almost four months of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.[34] The performance was live broadcast by RAI Radio 3 (audio) and streamed online (video).[35][36]
On 16 October 2020, Feola made her anticipated role debut of Violetta (La traviata) at Teatro Gabriello Chiabrera in Savona. The production was created by Renata Scotto who made her career debut exactly in the same role at this theater in 1952.[37]
In 2023, Feola appeared in the movie Maestro singing with Isabel Leonard in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection", in a reproduction of the famed 1973 performance led by Leonard Bernstein in Ely Cathedral.[38][39]
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), Dircé (Médée), Fiorilla (Il turco in Italia).
Personal life
editOn 9 December 2015, Feola married baritone Sergio Vitale, who is also from Caserta.[1] Rosa Feola has two younger brothers: Carlo, a bass-baritone, and Gianluca, a violinist.[40][41][42]
References
edit- ^ a b "Il soprano sannicolese Rosa Feola convolerà a nozze con il baritono casertano Sergio Vitale". Vivi Casagiove. 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Volker Hagedorn trifft Rosa Feola". Opernhaus Zürich MAG65 p.46-47.
- ^ Angela Lonardo (9 June 2019). "Ricordi d'infanzia". Il Mattino (Caserta edition).
- ^ a b "Notes", I due Figaro, ℗© 2012 Ducale, DUC 045-47
- ^ a b Emiliano Metalli (12 July 2017). "Il sorriso e la tenacia – Intervista a Rosa Feola". Connessi all'Opera.
- ^ "News dai Corsi". Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
- ^ "Winners". Operalia, The World Opera Competition.
- ^ "L'elisir d'amore, Stagione 2010/2011". Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
- ^ "Le nozze di Figaro, Venerdì 14 Ottobre 2011, ore 19:00". L’Archivio Storico del Teatro La Fenice.
- ^ "Carmen, Donnerstag, 03.11.2011". Deutsche Oper Berlin. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Saverio Mercadante • I due Figaro, o sia Il soggetto di una commedia". Salzburger Festspiele.
- ^ John von Rhein (22 September 2012). "Before strike, it's 'singing in the rain' at Millennium Park for CSO". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Trilogia d'autunno - 'Aspettando Verdi' - Rigoletto". Ravenna Festival. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
- ^ "Rigoletto, Saison 2012/2013". Opernhaus Zürich.
- ^ "Rigoletto, Freitag, 13. November 2015". Bayerische Staatsoper.
- ^ "Rigoletto, Season 2017/2018". Lyric Opera of Chicago.
- ^ "Rigoletto {895} Metropolitan Opera House: 04/26/2019". MetOpera Database.
- ^ "Rosa Feola, Soprano. Iain Burnside. Pianist". Ravenna Festival. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.
- ^ "I puritani, Autumn 2015". Welsh National Opera.
- ^ "The Awards 2016/Y Gwobrau 2016". The Wales Theatre Awards.
- ^ "Winners of 2016 WhatsOnStage Opera Poll". What's On Stage.
- ^ "Rosenblatt Recitals: Rosa Feola – Musica e Poesia". Opus Arte. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018.
- ^ Martin Cullingford (26 February 2016). "Editor's Choice recordings – March 2016". Gramophone.
- ^ "The 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Awards Shortlist". Gramophone. 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Archive 2016". International Opera Awards.
- ^ "Falstaff, April 21-26 2016, Program Notes" (PDF). Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
- ^ "Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Falstaff". Shakespeare 400 Chicago.
- ^ "Rosa Feola, soprano | Fabio Centanni, piano". San Francisco Performances. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Proms 2016 Prom 9 - BBC Proms". BBC.
- ^ "Le nozze di Figaro, 21.10.2016". Wiener Staatsoper.
- ^ "Le nozze di Figaro / 2016, Stages, Wien". NBS-Japan Performing Arts Foundation.
- ^ "Concerto di Capodanno 2016-2017". L’Archivio Storico del Teatro La Fenice.
- ^ "La gazza ladra, Stagione 2016/2017". Teatro alla Scala.
- ^ "L'Italia della musica riparte dal Ravenna Festival". Ravenna Festival.
- ^ "Ravenna Festival - Radio3 Suite - Il cartellone". Rai Play Radio.
- ^ "Concerto inaugurale". Ravenna Festival Live.
- ^ "Autunno 2020 - La traviata". Teatro dell'Opera Giocosa.
- ^ Woolfe, Zachary (22 December 2023). "'Maestro' Won't Let Leonard Bernstein Fail". New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Doyle Moor, Emily (20 November 2023). "Maestro musings". Sante Fe Opera. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Rigoletto, la «prima» al San Carlo. «Il mio canto tra l'amore e l'inganno»". Il Mattino. 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Prestigioso successo per il Gran Galà Lirico a Pignataro". CdP - Cultura e cronaca dall'AgroCaleno.
- ^ "Meine selbst gebackene Pizza ist wirklich fantastisch!" (PDF). Theaterjournal Theater Basel. No. 10. September 2018. pp. 20–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018.
