Rosa Feola Returns to La Scala in a New Production of "Don Pasquale"

Final dress rehearsal of the new production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale at La Scala has just finished today. The production opens on April 3, Tuesday. Rosa Feola sings the part of Norina alongside Ambrogio Maestri as the title role, René Barbera as Ernesto, and Mattia Olivieri as Malatesta. Maestro Riccardo Chailly conducts Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus. For further information and tickets, visit Teatro alla Scala.

The opening performance will be live broadcast on RAI-Radio 3 that also streaming online worldwide beginning at 20.00 local time. (Check countdown below. You may need to change your system time zone to UTC+01:00 for real live streaming on raiplayradio.it.) One can follow the synopsis [en] and libretto [it only] provided by La Scala.

The performance on April 19 will be live broadcast on RAI 5 TV and at the cinema.

As he continues the journey of presenting Italian repertoire in authentic versions, for the performance of Don Pasquale this time, M° Chailly will open all the traditional cuts using the critical edition published by Casa Ricordi being prepared by Piero Rattalino based on the autograph score.

The new production created by Davide Livermore sets the plot in Rome of 1960s with many hints taken from films of that era by Federico Fellini, Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli. The set is designed by Livermore and Giò Forma; the costume designer is Gianluca Falaschi; the lighting designer is Nicolas Bovey; and the video projection is designed by D-wok.

Having made her role debut of Norina at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2013), Rosa has sung the part at National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing (2016) and Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi in Salerno (2017) as well. Her approach of the character has been praised for the "vocal freshness" (L'Ape musicale), "intelligent management of a solid technique" (OperaClick), "[vocal] gracefulness" (Cronache Salerno), and "unparalleled communication" (Corriere del Mezzogiorno). She has also sung Norina's opening aria "Quel guardo il cavaliere" many times in concerts including the New Year's Concert in La Fenice (2017) that was broadcasted by TV RAI 1, TV RAI 5, and ARTE worldwide.

This would be the second opera Rosa sings at La Scala, after her successful house debut as Ninetta in Rossini's La gazza ladra last season.

A short introduction video with interview of M° Chailly provided by La Scala, a news video of Rai News 24 including some rehearsal footage, and some production photos (© Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano) after the jump:

Rosa awarded "Premio speciale per la New Generation" of "Oscar della Lirica - International Opera Awards"

Fondazione Verona per l'Arena has just announced that Rosa Feola is awarded the "Premio speciale per la New Generation" (Special Award for New Generation) of the 7th "Oscar della Lirica - International Opera Awards". Congratulations!

Rosa will perform in "Il trittico" and "La bohème" next season at Bayerische Staatsoper

Bayerische Staatsoper has just announced the line-up of their 2018/19 season. Rosa Feola will participate in the performances of two productions.

She will reprise her portrayal of Lauretta in "Gianni Schicchi" which she opened the new production there this season. Sharing the stage with her for the four performances on May 25, 28, 30 and June 2, 2019 will be Ambrogio Maestri as Lauretta's father, the title role, Gianni Schicchi, and Galeano Salas as Rinuccio, Lauretta's lover. Bertrand de Billy conducts.

Also, in the revival of Otto Schenk's classical production of "La bohème", Rosa will sing the role of Musetta on June 17, 20, 23, 2019. Sharing the stage will be Ruzan Mantashyan as Mimì, Atalla Ayan as Rodolfo, and Sean Michael Plumb as Marcello. Giampaolo Bisanti conducts.

Visit Bayerische Staatsoper for further information and tickets of "Il trittico" and "La bohème".

Rosa will give a recital during the Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como

On April 21, Rosa Feola will give a recital of Italian songs and bel-canto arias as part of the Kirker Music Festival on Lake Como. Iain Burnside who has collaborated with Rosa for her performance of Rosenblatt Recital and her debut solo album Musica e Poesia will play the piano.

For further information, visit Kirker Holidays.

Rosa will perform in Mostly Mozart Festival 2018

Rosa Feola will appear in this summer's Mostly Mozart Festival in Lincoln Center on August 3 and 4. She will sing two virtuosic concert arias of Mozart inspired by the storied Czech soprano (and Mozart’s close friend) Josepha Dušek, "Ch’io mi scordi di te... Non temer, amato bene", K. 505 and "Bella mia fiamma... Resta, o cara", K. 528 for the concert on the theme of how the city of Prague and Mozart’s Czech contemporaries influenced the composer’s musical life. Sharing the stage of David Geffen Hall with her will be Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and conductor-pianist Christian Zacharias. Also in the program are Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 and Symphony No. 38 in D major “Prague”, K. 504.

For further information and tickets, visit Mostly Mozart Festival.