Winner of the Franco Abbiati Discographic Award 2025 (Solo Repertoire)
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). 

She studied with Mara Naddei and graduated from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Martucci in Salerno before continuing her studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia attending master classes by Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi and Cesare Scarton.

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 Real Madrid, Wiener Staatsoper, Opera Bastille Paris, Salzburg Festival and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. 

Recent highlights saw Rosa’s triumphant return to the Metropolitan Opera in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Giordano’s Fedora and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro as well as Don Pasquale at the Wiener Staatsoper and La traviata at Teatro la Fenice, Teatro di San Carlo, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Tiroler Festspiele, Erl.
She also made her role debut in Liù (Turandot) at Opernhaus Zurich, and has since gone on to perform the role at Teatro di San Carlo and Teatro alla Scala. Other highlights include house debut at Opera Royal de Wallonie – Liege performing the role of Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Washington National Opera performing the title role in Roméo and Juliet, Opera Bastille for Gilda (Rigoletto) as well as Michaela (Carmen) at Bayerische Staatsoper and a role debut as Alice Ford (Falstaff) at Teatro alla Scala.
Rosa recently recorded and performed a collection of rarely performed Donizetti pieces at Wigmore Hall, London for Opera Rara.
The 24-25 season also saw the release of her solo CD recording: Son regina e sono amante, a collection of songs and arias composed by Piccinni, a prominent Italian composer of the Neapolitan school, and it has already been awarded the Premio Abbiati.
Her 25-26 highlights include her role debut as Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) with Washington National Opera, La traviata at Teatro La Fenice and Metropolitan Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor for Teatro di San Carlo and Teatro alla Scala as well as Gilda (Rigoletto) at the Royal Ballet and Opera, London.