RosaFeola

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• Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)

  Washington National Opera

  Nov 2023

  • She displayed extraordinary scope, with her soprano plush and limpid across the dynamic range and from high to low. She transformed from a bratty coquette, with outstanding high Cs and D in the Act I Ariette (“Je veux vivre”), into a tragic soliloquist in “Dieu! quel frisson” in Act IV. Her radiant pianissimi impressed as much as her bolder, louder exploits.

    • Classical Review
    • 05 November 2023

  • Rosa Feola, hailed last year for her Gilda at the Met, brought a level of vocal refinement and elegance to Juliet that substantially elevated the night’s proceedings. Her precise, iridescent soprano soared in Act I’s “Je Veux Vivre,” Feola handling Juliet’s coloratura passages with easy confidence and capping the aria with a blazing and generous final high note. Delicate dynamic effects and vivid attention to the French contributed to a captivating vocal performance throughout.

    • Alex Baker, Parterre Box
    • 07 November 2023

• La traviata (Verdi)

  Teatro La Fenice

  Sep 2023

  • Rosa Feola is Violetta with a fascinating voice and great stage presence; her singing line is crystal clear, the phrasing is very chiseled and the adherence to the character through the director's dictation is almost total.

    • Alessandro Cammarano, Le Salon Musical
    • 17 September 2023

  • Vocally, however, this production can count on a top-notch trio of leads, starting with Rosa Feola's Violetta Valéry, who offers a highly convincing incarnation. The dramatic breadth of the voice, the frivolous agility of the ornaments, the slightly tight vibrato and, above all, the clearly asserted intentions allow us to hear all the contrasting facets of the character, right up to the final outburst.

    • Nicolas Mathieu, Première Loge
    • 13 September 2023

  • Rosa Feola in the part of Violetta Valéry: the performance flows smoothly, and only when it is over does one fully realize how privileged it is to find oneself with a protagonist so orthodox in the singing line, so finely attentive to weighing the word, so simple and yet effective in delivery, so far from the charms and excesses of the other side of the Alps.

    • Francesco Lora, L'Ape musicale
    • 20 October 2023

• Turandot (Puccini)

  Opernhaus Zürich

  Jun 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Feola received great applause as Liú, the role that always comes out triumphant in this work. And she deserved it because both in 'Signore, ascolta' and in the entire scene of her death (she was the one who had the great final intervention of the work) she was magnificent, without falling into melodramatic attitudes, always perfectly measuring the tempo, moving in every syllable.

    • Javier del Olivo, Platea Magazine
    • 22 June 2023

  • Rosa Feola, also a favorite of the Zurich audience, has proven to be a wonderful ideal choice in the role of Liu. With a confident voice in all areas and a moving stage presence, one could experience the suffering of this servant who was in love with Calaf.

    • Marco Stücklin, Das Opernmagazin
    • 24 June 2023

  • Puccini wrote two exceptionally beautiful and moving arias for Liù, “Signor ascolta” and “Tu che di gel sei cinta,” which Rosa Feola sang with luminous tone and an exceptional emotional connection.

    • Rick Perdian, Classical Voice North America
    • 05 July 2023

  • Rosa Feola embodies the young slave to perfection. The voice is beautiful, the high notes are perfectly pitched pianissimo, the emotion is on edge.

    • Altamusica
    • 02 July 2023