Rosa Feola to perfrom at Domingo's 50th Anniversary Celebration at MET

On April 28, Rosa Feola will participate in the onstage gala celebration for the 50th anniversary of Plácido Domingo’s MET debut. She will perform along with fellow musicians Jamie Barton, Emily D’Angelo, Erin Morley, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Volle and others.

with maestro Domingo at La Scala during Operalia 2010

One of Rosa's early career breakthroughs was winning the Second Prize, the Zarzuela Prize and the Rolex Audience Prize at Plácido Domingo's Operalia in 2010. When reflecting the experience, Rosa said: "Operalia was my first look into the wonderful world of opera. Before that moment, I had no idea of what theater really was". She also has a fond memory of what maestro Domingo said when she won the Zarzuela prize causing a general playfulness: "you are the best Zarzuela singer I've ever heard... after my mum of course!"

For further information, visit The Metropolitan Opera.

Rosa Feola to make her Staatsoper Hamburg debut in "L'elisir d'amore"

Staatsoper Hamburg has recently announced their 2019/20 season and Rosa Feola will make her house debut on May 16, 2020, in the role of Adina (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore), with three further performances on May 23, 30 and June 1. She has previously performed the opera at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (in 2011 and 2014), Deutsche Oper Berlin, and will sing it later this year at Teatro alla Scala. In a production by the late legendary director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Rosa will share the stage with Oleksiy Palchykov as Nemorino, Zak Kariithi as Belcore, and Tigran Martirossian as Dulcamara. Carlo Rizzari conducts.

For further information and tickets, visit Staatsoper Hamburg.

Rosa Feola joined maestro Muti for a visit to Carcere minorile di Nisida

Yesterday, on the Feast Day of St. Cecilia, Rosa Feola joined maestro Riccardo Muti using music for a good cause in a visit to Carcere minorile di Nisida, a prison for youth.

In a heart-moving post on her Facebook page, Rosa recalled some precious details and wrote 'Art and music can give hope, and I, in my own small way, hope to have given my "good example".'

Racconto di una giornata stupenda 💙

Posted by Rosa Feola on Saturday, November 24, 2018

Here's a short clip attached to her post in which Rosa and maestro presented 'A vucchella by Paolo Tosti.

Stamattina sono stata ospite, insieme al M° Riccardo Muti, del carcere minorile di Nisida (Na). L'incontro con questa realtà, che noi facciamo di tutto per dimenticare, mi ha fatto comprendere ancora di più quanto sia importante avere dei " buoni esempi " nella vita poiché nessuno nasce buono o cattivo ma lo diventa. Una gioia immensa è stato confrontarmi con due ragazze che mi hanno confessato di essere rimaste incantate dal mio "strano modo" di cantare 😋. Abbiamo chiacchierato ed ho visto in loro una luce di speranza... L'arte, la musica può dare speranza ed io, nel mio piccolo, spero di aver dato il mio "buon esempio" Grazie al M° Riccardo Muti per avermi invitato a vivere una giornata così speciale e ad ascoltare le parole che ha rivolto ai ragazzi di Nisida. Un Maestro non solo sul palco, ma nella vita. Spero non me ne voglia nessuno, era troppo bello per non essere pubblicato! 😀 La vostra 🌹
Posted by Rosa Feola on Thursday, November 22, 2018

Also presented in the event were baritone Domenico Colaianni and mezzo-soprano Francesca Russo Ermolli.

Rosa Feola to sing Dircé in “Médée” in Salzburg Festival 2019

Rosa Feola will sing the role of Dircé in Luigi Cherubini’s opera Médée in Salzburg Festival next year. The new production by Australian director Simon Stone will open on July 30 in Großes Festspielhaus, with five further performances on August 4, 7, 10, 16, 19. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus. Sharing the stage will be Sonya Yoncheva (Médée), Pavel Čemoch (Jason), Vitalij Kowaljow (Créon), and Alisa Kolosova (Néris).

This will be Rosa’s role debut. Her mentor Renata Scotto has sung this role in its Italian version (Glauce in Medea) in the studio recording with Serafin and Callas in 1957.

Rosa Feola made her Salzburg debut as Inez in Mercadante’s I due Figaro under Riccardo Muti’s baton in Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele 2011, and also sang the soprano solo of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 inside Stiftskirche St. Peter in Salzburg Festival 2017.

For further information and tickets, visit the official website of Salzburger Festspiele.

Rosa Feola to star in a new Zeffirelli production of “Rigoletto” in 2020

According to a recent article on Il giornale della musica, Rosa Feola will star in a new production of Rigoletto by legendary director Franco Zeffirelli which will open at Royal Opera House Muscat in September 2020 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opera house. Zeffirelli himself would also be the set designer as the case of many his projects, with the help of assistant director Stefano Trespidi and assistant set designer Carlo Centolavigna. The costume designer would be Maurizio Millenotti.

The production is conceived as a collaboration between Royal Opera House Muscat, Fondazione Area di Verona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and opera houses of Vilnius and Zagreb, with potential of additional companies join in.

Gilda in Rigoletto is a signature role of Rosa Feola. She made her role debut at Ravenna Festival in 2012, and has presented her interpretation on many world-renewed stages.

Rosa has previously performed at Royal Opera House Muscat early this year in her role debut of Ammina in La sonnambula.

Rosa Feola to join the Christmas Concert of La Scala

Rosa Feola will join the 2018 Christmas Concert of Teatro alla Scala on December 22 and 23. She will sing the soprano solo parts in Vivaldi’s O qui Coeli terraeque serenitas RV 631 and Magnificat ossecensis RV 610, as well as Mozart’s Mass in C Major K 317 (Coronation). The concert will be conducted by Diego Fasolis. Other soloists are Anna-Doris Capitelli, Elisabeth Kulman, Mauro Peter, and Gianluca Buratto. RAI Radio 3, RAI 1 and RAI 5 will broadcast the performance.

For further information and tickets, visit the official website of Teatro alla Scala.

Rosa Feola to make title role debut of "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Theater Basel

Next month, Rosa Feola is going to make her role debut of Lucia in a new production at Theater Basel. This will also be her house debut there. The director of the production is Olivier Py and in the pit will be Italian conductor and bel canto specialist Giampaolo Bisanti. Sharing the stage will be tenor Fabián Lara as Edgardo and bariton Ernesto Petti as Enrico.

Rosa will perform in the first three months of the run, on October 19, 25, 28, November 2, 6, 10, 16, 19, 24, December 1, 9, 15, 29.

In an interview last year, Rosa indicated that she felt the mad scene of Lucia di Lammermoor is a tradition overrated, but she was looking forward to making her role debut trying to have a personal edition of it.

In a recent interview given to the Theaterjournal of Theater Basel, she emphasized the importance of recitativo accompagnato in this opera. "I love the recitativo accompagnato - this almost rhythmic speaking, accompanied by the orchestra, conveys for me the feeling of the most intense drama and lets me truly feel the words I interpret. This is especially important for my forthcoming debut as Lucia, because through the recitativo accompagnato one learns most about the characters and their feelings in this opera. The part of Lucia is extremely colourfully composed - sometimes it sounds completely innocent, sometimes very frightened ... In peace with Lucia is only at rest when she seems to be enraptured, when she is in her own world. I can imagine that at the bottom of her heart she dreams of another life for herself. She almost always loses herself in daydreams, from which she only returns when she thinks of the light and the comforting feeling that Edgardo brings into her life." said Rosa.

For further information and tickets, visit the official website of Theater Basel.