Rosa Feola, Cappella Neapolitana & Antonio Florio
Biography Rosa Feola, Cappella Neapolitana & Antonio Florio
Rosa Feola
came to international attention after winning multiple awards including Second Prize, The Audience Prize and the Zarzuela Prize at the Plácido Domingo World Opera Competition (2010). In 2020, Rosa was awarded the Premio Speciale of the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi.
Operatic roles include Corinna (Il Viaggio a Reims), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Gilda (Rigoletto), Norina (Don Pasquale), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Amina (La Sonnambula) to name just a few, performing at houses including Teatro alla Scala, The Metropolitan Opera New York, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Ravenna Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Regio Torino, Salzburg Festival and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
The 24/25 season for Rosa begins with a return to the role of Gilda (Rigoletto) at Opera Bastille, Alice Ford (Falstaff) at Teatro alla Scala, La Traviata at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Tiroler Festspiele as well as Micaela (Carmen) at Bayerische Staatsoper. She will also return to the Metropolitan Opera, performing the role of Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) and will make her LA Opera debut as Gilda (Rigoletto). On the concert platform, Rosa will record and perform a collection of rarely performed Donizetti pieces at Wigmore Hall, London for Opera Rara. She will also give recitals at the Norfolk Music Festival, Gstaad New Year Music Festival, and will feature as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at Teatro alla Scala. This season also sees the release of her solo CD recording of Piccini: Son regina e sono amante, a collection of songs and arias composed by the Neapolitan composer, Niccolo Piccinni.
