La Scala canceling performances & Replay of "Il turco" on Rai Radio 3

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in northern Italy, the Ministry of Health, in agreement with the President of the Lombardy Region, has ordered the suspension of any events and initiatives and of any meeting in public places, including cultural ones. For now, the suspension is until Sunday, March 1.

As a result, the performances of Il turco in Italia on February 25 and 28 are canceled.

Meanwhile, Rai Radio 3 is offering on-demand replay for the broadcast recording of the opening night performance on February 22. It will be available until March 3.

Broadcast of "Il turco in Italia" from La Scala

© Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano

Opening performance of the upcoming Il turco in Italia at La Scala this Saturday, February 22, will be broadcast live by Rai Radio 3. The performance begins at 20.00 CET (19.00 GMT).

It will also be rebroadcast through Euroradio distribution. The schedule announced so far is listed below:

PTRTP (Portugal) - 7/05/2020
ESRTVE (Spain) - 23/05/2020
RURTR (Russia) - 30/05/2020
HRHRTR (Croatia) - 13/06/2020
DEHR (Germany) - 6/06/2020
CHRTS (Switzerland) - 17/03/2020
NONRK (Norway) - 14/03/2020

Rosa Feola to perform in "L'elisir d'amore" at Lyric Opera of Chicago next season

Lyric Opera of Chicago announced their 2020/21 Season. Rosa Feola will sing the role of Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in a production by Daniel Slater for five performances on January 30 and February 3, 6, 9, 12, 2021. Sharing stage with her will be Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, Andrzej Filończyk as Belcore, and Nicola Alaimo as Dulcamara. Eun Sun Kim conducts.

© Luciano Romano / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Rosa made her role debut of Adina at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in 2011. Recently, she has sung the role at La Scala last fall, and will soon reprise it at Wiener Staatsoper and Staatsoper Hamburg.

Rosa made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in 2017 as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto.

For further information and tickets, visit Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Rosa Feola to sing Mozart-Matinee in Salzburg Festival 2020

Rosa Feola will sing two Mozart-Matinee concerts in Salzburg Festival next year on August 1 and 2. The all-Mozart program includes Mass in C minor, K. 139 "Waisenhaus", Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, and Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339. Ivor Bolton conducts Bachchor Salzburg and Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. The concerts also feature soloists Katharina Magiera (alto), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), and Peter Kellner (bass).

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 2017; Dircé in Cherubini's Médée in 2019.

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

Rosa Feola will open Park Avenue Armory Recital Series

Park Avenue Armory in New York City announced its 2002 season. Rosa Feola will open next year's Recital Series with two recitals on January 13 and 15, in the salon setting of the Board of Officers Room. Partnering with Scottish pianist Iain Burnside, she will present a program same to the recital in DC after that includes works by Giuseppe Martucci, Franz Liszt, Ottorino Respighi, and Ciro Pinsuti.

Rosa Feola and Iain Burnside, Rosenblatt Recital 2014

Rosa and pianist Iain Burnside have collaborated in her Wigmore debut in 2014 as part of the Rosenblatt Recital series and during Kirker Music Festival 2018. In studio, they recorded her critically acclaimed debut album Musica e Poesia.

For further information and tickets, visit Park Avenue Armory.

Rosa Feola in conversation with Jay Nordlinger

During her stay in Salzburg, besides performing Dircé in Médée, Rosa recently joined a conversation for the Salzburg Festival Society hosted by Jay Nordlinger. One can listen to the conversation "Listening to Rosa" under Mr. Nordlinger's podcast series "Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger":



Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor of National Review and the music critic of The New Criterion. His guests of the podcast series "Q & A" are from the worlds of politics and culture, talking about the most important issues of the day, and some pleasant trivialities as well.

Rosa Feola honored by San Nicola la Strada, her hometown

On June 10, 2019, a ceremony was held at Casa Comunale of San Nicola la Strada to celebrate Rosa Feola for her achievement. "We want to celebrate her skill, the power of her voice. We want to let her know that her city, where she has chosen to continue to live and take refuge after the tours, follows her with affection. Rosa is our ambassador in the world. Wherever she goes, she always has her own city with her." («Vogliamo celebrare la sua bravura, la possenza della sua voce. Vogliamo farle sapere che la sua città, dove ha scelto di continuare a vivere e rifuguarsi dopo le tournee, la segue con affetto. Rosa è la nostra ambasciatrice nel Mondo. Dovunque va ha sempre con sé la sua città») said the mayor Vito Marotta, who, together with the councillor Lucio Bernardo, initiated and presented this event attended by many of Rosa's family members and friends.

photo via Vito Marotta Sindaco

On the day before the ceremony, a whole page of the newspaper Il Mattino (Caserta edition) was dedicated to her with an interview by Angela Lonardo in which Rosa discussed her career from the very beginning to her most recent MET debut.

The ceremony was live streamed by Radio Caserta Nuova on their Facebook page:

La radio gira.... La città di San Nicola la Strada premia il soprano Rosa Feola eccellenza Sannicolese nel mondo
Posted by Radio Caserta Nuova on Monday, June 10, 2019