Nuccia Focile

Nuccia Focile

Nuccia Focile (born 25 November 1961) is an Italian operatic soprano. Nuccia Focile was born in Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, studied in Turin under Elio Battaglia, and made her opera debut in 1983 as Serpina in La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi in Spoleto. In 1984 she sang her first Mimi in La Boheme by Puccini at the Teatro Regio in Turin and made her debut as Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at La Scala in 1986. Also in that year, she won the International Pavarotti Competition in Philadelphia, following which she made many concert appearances with the famous tenor. In 1995 she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème. She has performed many leading roles for Welsh National Opera. Focile has been described as bringing an "almost unbearable poignancy" to Mimì, her best-known role. She has made several recordings for the Philips, Opera Rara and Telarc labels, including three Mozart operas (Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni) conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Ascanio in Pergolesi's Lo Frate'Nnamorato, Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale conducted by Riccardo Muti and Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Focile was awarded Artist of the Year 2013 for La Voix Humaine by Poulenc at Seattle Opera. In 2017 Nuccia Focile was appointed Professor of Voice at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Source: Article "Nuccia Focile" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Popularitate : 0.686
  • Cunoscut pentru : Acting
  • Zi de nastere : 1961-11-25
  • Locul nasterii : Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy
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  • 1987
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    L'Italiana in Algeri

    L'Italiana in Algeri

    8 1987 HD

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  • 1992
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    Don Carlo

    Don Carlo

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1989
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    Lo frate 'nnamorato

    Lo frate 'nnamorato

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1998
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    Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

    Andrea Bocelli - Une nuit en Toscane

    10 1998 HD

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  • 1993
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    Pavarotti - My Heart's Delight

    Pavarotti - My Heart's Delight

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1994
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    Don Pasquale - Teatro alla Scala

    Don Pasquale - Teatro alla Scala

    7 1994 HD

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  • 1987
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    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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