Praised for her “pearly voice, very beautiful and delivered with great intelligence and technical skill, ethereal pianissimi, dazzling high notes, and a deeply personal interpretation” (Operalibera), Federica Vitali is an Italian soprano recognized for her vocal beauty, dramatic presence, and artistic versatility.

She perfected her technique with Davide Rocca, Alberto Gazale, Elena LoForte, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Scotto, Giovanna Casolla. In 2016 she was selected for the High Specialization Course for Verdian Voices at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. She is currently studying under the guidance of soprano Elisabetta Battaglia.

She has won awards and recognition in numerous international competitions, including: the prize for youngest talent at the “Spiros Argiris” Competition, second prize at the “Giulio Neri” Competition, third prize at the “Maria Kraja” Competition, third prize and critics’ prize at the “Città di Grandate” Competition, critics’ prize and debut in the role of Violetta in La Traviata at the “Voce All’Opera” Competition, and the debut in the role of Amalia in I Masnadieri at the “Voci Verdiane” Competition.

2015 marks her first major debuts as a leading soprano. She made her debut as Mimì in La Bohème at the Teatro Municipale di Casale Monferrato directed by A. Paloscia, followed by her debut as Violetta in La Traviata at the Teatro Filodrammatici in Milan directed by G. Aliverta. She was the first interpreter of the role of Malvy in the world premiere of Una DiVino Commedia by Academy Award winner Luis Bacalov at the Auditorium Verdi in Milan conducted by the composer himself.

In the following years she debuted the role of Musetta in La Bohème at the Teatro Sociale di Como directed by R. Catalano, a role she recently reprised at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste conducted by C. Franklin; she debuted the role of Amalia in I Masnadieri at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto for the Verdi Festival in Parma directed by L. Muscato and conducted by S. Krecic; she debuted the role of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa under the baton of A. Casellati, a role she also performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste directed by A. Triola, first conducted by N. Bareza and later by F. I. Ciampa; she took part in Mariella Devia’s concert for the Donizetti Festival at the Teatro Sociale in Bergamo conducted by G. Sabbatini; she debuted the role of Antonia in Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples directed by Jean-Luis Grinda and conducted by P. Steinberg; she debuted Micaela in Carmen at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino directed by L. Muscato and conducted by S. Quatrini, a role she also sang for the Teatro Comunale di Sassari conducted by J. Brusa; she debuted in Verdi’s Requiem at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome and at the Basilica of San Silvestro in L’Aquila conducted by J. Sipari; she debuted the role of Suor Angelica for the Illica Festival in Castell’Arquato conducted by F. Cassi and directed by D. De Plano; she sang in a recital at the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona for the Macerata Opera Festival; she sang in Mozart’s Requiem at the Cathedral of Sant’Alessandro in Bergamo, broadcast live on TV; she debuted the role of Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna directed by G. Lavia and conducted by A. Fisch, a role she also performed at the Opera of Craiova and Brasov (Romania) and later at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine under the baton of Maestro D. Oren and directed by G. Ciabatti.

She recently performed as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly in Malta and then again in Cremona, Como, Bergamo, and Pavia conducted by A. D’Agostini and directed by R. Gaitanou; she debuted as Leonora in Il Trovatore in Bologna directed by D. Livermore and conducted by R. Palumbo; she returned to Malta in the role of Mimì in La Bohème; she was again Cio-Cio San at the Shanghai Grand Opera in a co-production with the Royal Opera House in London conducted by Xu Zhong and directed by Leiser/Caurier; she debuted the role of Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier in Pisa, Cremona, Brescia, Como, Pavia, Lucca, and Rovigo directed by A. Cigni and conducted by F. Pasqualetti; and she debuted the role of Tosca at the Oper Klosterneuburg in Austria under the baton of F. Cilluffo.

Among her future engagements are her debut at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari in the role of Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, and her debut at the Opéra de Saint-Étienne in the role of Tosca. She has performed in concerts in Brazil, Russia, China, and Japan.

August 2025