Rosa Feola returning to Bayerische Staatsoper next season in "La traviata" & "Le nozze di Figaro"

Bayerische Staatsoper announced their 2020/21 Season. Rosa Feola will return to the theatre in two productions, as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata and as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.

Left: © Yasuko Kageyama / Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Right: production photo / Bayerische Staatsoper

There are three performances of La traviata, scheduled on April 9, 11, and 15, 2021. Sharing stage with her will be tenor Frédéric Antoun as Alfredo and baritone Simon Keenlyside as Giorgio Germont. Andrea Battistoni conducts.
Violetta is a role new to Rosa's repertoire next season, though she is no stranger to this opera. She told in an interview last year that it was in a small conservatory production of La Traviata in her hometown Caserta that she met her husband, baritone Sergio Vitale. Violetta's famous aria "E strano… A fors'è lui… Sempre libera" was the piece she sang in Operalia final in 2010, for which she won Second prize and Prix du public (she also won Prix de zarzuela in the competition). She also has sung a concert of highlights of La traviata presented by Renata Scotto at Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in 2014.

The two performances of Le nozze di Figaro on July 16 and 18, 2021 are part of the Münchner Opernfestspiele next summer. Sharing stage with her will be baritone Ludovic Tézieras Conte d'Almaviva, soprano Federica Lombardi as Contessa d'Almaviva, bass baritone Alex Esposito as Figaro, and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter as Marcellina. Ivor Bolton conducts.
Susanna is a role strongly associated with Rosa that she has sung more than 40 times since early in her career, with which she made her debuts at Teatro La Fenice, in China (at National Centre for the Performing Arts), at Glyndebourne Festival, and at Wiener Staatsoper.

Visit Bayerische Staatsoper for further information and tickets of La traviata and Le nozze di Figaro.

Cancellation of "L'elisir d'amore" at Wiener Staatsope

Wiener Staatsoper announced today the cancellation of all performances until March 31. As a result, the two performances of L'elisir d'amore scheduled on March 24 and 31 are canceled.

Cancellation of all remaining performances of "Il turco" at La Scala

As the Italian government ordered suspension of all public gatherings in the country, Teatro alla Scala announced the cancellation of all performances before April 3. Therefore, all the remaining performances of Il turco in Italia are canceled.

La Scala extending closure and one more "Il turco" canceled

La Scala just announced one more week of closure until March 8th, due to the situation of COVID-19 spreading. As a result, the performance of Il turco in Italian on March 4th is canceled.

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.