Internationally hailed as one of the leading voices for Belcanto and
Baroque, Teresa Iervolino is today one of the most sought after artists on
the world operatic stage.
After studying piano as a child, she then decided to devote herself to
opera singing and in 2011 received her singing diploma with top marks and
honors. In 2012, she won the AsLiCo Competition, which was then followed
by more success winning international competitions such as the Maria
Caniglia Competition, the Etta Limiti Prize Competition, etc.
In 2012, she began her career in the major Italian and international
theatres and festivals. After singing Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at
the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, she made her debut at the Ravenna
Festival in L’Italiana in Algeri (Isabella), a title she also
performed at the Teatro Massimo Palermo, in Nancy and at the Beaune
Festival.
Some of the most important debuts in her early career include: Rossini’s
Tancredi (title role) for OperaLombardia and Cimarosa’s Il
matrimonio segreto (Fidalma) at the Spoleto Festival; Rossini’s Maometto
II (Calbo) at the Rome Opera; Rossini’s La pietra del paragone
(Clarice) at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris; Il barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina) at the Rome Opera, the Caracalla Baths and the Semperoper in
Dresden; Giulio Cesare (Cornelia) in Toulon; Handel’s Tamerlano
(Andronico) at the Ambronay Festival; La gazza ladra (Lucia) at
the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, at the Frankfurt Opera and at the
Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Rossini’s La Cenerentola (title role)
at the Teatro Regio in Turin and at the Opéra National de Paris; Vivaldi’s
Juditha Triumphans (Holofernes) at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice
and at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam; Rinaldo (title role)
by Handel/Leo at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca; Lucrezia
Borgia (Maffio Orsini) by Donizetti at the ABAO in Bilbao, at the
Salzburg Festival and at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.
Teresa Iervolino regularly collaborates with conductors of the caliber
of Riccardo Chailly, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi, Roberto
Abbado, Alberto Zedda, Christophe Rousset, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ivor
Bolton, Donato Renzetti, Carlo Rizzi, Marc Minkowski, Stefano Montanari,
Andrea Marcon, Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro De Marchi, Gabriele Ferro,
Antonino Fogliani, Marco Armiliato, Daniel Oren, Daniele Rustioni,
Riccardo Frizza.
Her most recent successes include: Tancredi (title role) at the
Beaune Festival with Ottavio Dantone; Falstaff (Quickly) with the
Orchestre de Paris and Daniel Harding and at the Teatro Real de Madrid
with Daniele Rustioni; Norma (Adalgisa) in Salerno with Daniel
Oren and at the Teatro Real de Madrid; Rossini’s Semiramide
(Arsace) and Handel’s Rinaldo (title role) at the Teatro La Fenice
in Venice; Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso (Orlando) at the Teatro
Filarmonico in Verona; L’equivoco stravagante (Ernestina) at the
Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro with Carlo Rizzi; La Cenerentola
at the Teatro del Maggio in Florence, at the Rome Opera with Stefano
Montanari and at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich with Ottavio Dantone;
Verdi’s Requiem in Antwerp; Rossini’s Ermione (Andromaca)
at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples with Alessandro De Marchi; Donizetti’s Linda
di Chamounix (Pierotto) and Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz (Beppe)
at the Teatro del Maggio; Salieri’s Armida (Ismene) at the Theater
an der Wien with Christophe Rousset; Nabucco (Fenena) at the Arena
di Verona with Daniel Oren; Porpora’s L’Angelica (Orlando) in
Martina Franca; Handel’s Partenope (Rosmira) at the Teatro Real in
Madrid with Ivor Bolton; Rossini’s Messa di Gloria with the
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano;
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe
Rousset in Potsdam; Alcina (Bradamante) in Nantes with Christophe
Rousset; Giulio Cesare (Cornelia) at the Dutch National Opera in
Amsterdam with Emmanuelle Haïm; La Calisto (Diana) at the Teatro
Real in Madrid and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Mercadante’s Il
giuramento (Bianca) at the Klangvokal Musikfestival Dortmund with
Paolo Carignani; Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Rossini Festival
in Bad Wildbad and in Krakow with Antonino Fogliani; a recital at the
Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Norma in Seoul.
Her future engagements include: Tancredi in Rouen; Mozart's Requiem
in Granada; Cenerentola in Florence; Madama Butterfly and
Giulio Cesare at the Liceu in Barcelona.
Her already extensive discography includes: Handel’s Partenope
with Il Pomo d’Oro and Riccardo Minasi for Erato; Handel/Leo’s Rinaldo
with La Scintilla and Fabio Luisi and Linda di Chamounix with the
Maggio Musicale for Dynamic; Mozart’s La Betulia Liberata and
Salieri’s Armida with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset
for Aparté; Rossini’s Messa di Gloria with the Orchestra
dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano for
Warner Classics; La fidanzata del demonio, a solo album dedicated
to the art songs of Saverio Mercadante for the Maggio Live label.
December 2023