July 22, 2016
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
BBC Proms 2016
Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor
Rosa Feola, Soprano
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
Mendelssohn: concert aria "Infelice", Op. 94
Feola
Mozart: concert aria "Ah, lo previdi", K. 272
Feola
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Photos (link to Rosa's Facebook page)
The performance was broadcasted live by BBC Radio 3.
Recordings:
Reviews:
"Italian soprano Rosa Feola was on hand to give some ballast to the evening. [...] In Mendelssohn’s Infelice her voice appeared small and delicate, but so perfectly controlled across the range that it took on a huge power, filling the hall, and our hearts, effortlessly. In Mozart’s Ah, lo previdi she surprised us with real fire and fury, and gave a touching purity to the final farewell to the beloved."
Ivan Hewett, "The Telegraph"
"[...] the Italian soprano Rosa Feola, who uncorked a secure, radiant and unforced timbre in Mendelssohn’s Infelice and made light of the coloratura challenges of Mozart’s Ah, lo previdi."
Richard Morrison, "The Times"
"[...] thunder was stolen by [...] the soprano Rosa Feola. [...] she featured in two concert arias – long, quasi-operatic pieces written for star singers. Her gleaming, supple soprano shone in Mendelssohn’s Infelice, riding the choppy waves of the stormy orchestra in the closing section, and she soared in duet with the oboe in Mozart’s Ah, lo previdi."
Erica Jeal, "The Guardian"
"[...] the urgent projection and diction of a splendid new Italian soprano on the block, Rosa Feola, did the hall proud. [...] Unmodified rapture came from Feola, the fully finished, stage-confident lyric soprano article. A surprising thrust in her armoury of colours suggested something beyond your usual sweet Mozart heroine [...] She made the slow cavatina of Mozart's early concert aria "Ah, lo previdi" sound like great music, and assured us that Mendelssohn's "Infelice" really does have heroic stature, for all its intriguing retrospective nods to the Haydn cantata style. And the most thrilling phrase of all, unfurled like the rest with perfect breath control and technique as well as deep feeling [...] Revelatory both in the music and the performance – I can't wait to see Feola, the most vivid Italian soprano to have emerged since Anna Caterina Antonacci, on stage."
David Nice, "The Arts Desk"
"[...] lustrous tones of the young Italian soprano Rosa Feola [...] Infelice was an ideal vehicle for Feola’s gleaming voice, her creamy tone supported by seamless transitions through the registers (the composer requiring a wide tessitura as well as an impressive dynamic range), and she beautifully communicated the range of heartfelt emotion at its core. [...] Here [Ah, lo previdi], Feola’s instinctive command of style [...] enabled her to negotiate minor miracles of phrasing without disrupting the sense of line. We will undoubtedly hear more of her."
Alexander Hall, "Bachtrack"
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