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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.

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  • 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. (en)
  • Nuccia Focile (Militello in Val di Catania, 25 novembre 1961) è un soprano italiano. (it)
  • Nuccia Focile (25 de novembro de 1961) é uma soprano italiana. Ela nasceu, mais precisamente na região da Sicília, tendo estudado em Turim sob a orientação de Elio Battaglia, tendo feito sua estreia em 1986, na ópera Ballo in maschera, de Giuseppe Verdi, se apresentando no teatro La Scala. Ainda em 1986, ganhou o prêmio International Pavarotti, na Filadélfia, e depois disso fez várias apresentações com o famoso tenor. Em 1995 ela interpretou Mimì, uma personagem da ópera La Bohème, de Puccini, na Metropolitan Opera House. Também é conhecida pelos seus papéis criados por Mozart, como Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Despina (Così fan tutte) e de outros artistas compositores, como Puccini, Donizetti e Verdi. Ela também fez várias gravações para a Philips, Opera Rara e Telarc rótulos, incluindo três óperas de Mozart conduzidas por Charles Mackerras. Atualmente, vive perto de Cardife, País de Gales, com seu esposo e sua filha. (pt)
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  • Nuccia Focile (Militello in Val di Catania, 25 novembre 1961) è un soprano italiano. (it)
  • 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. (en)
  • Nuccia Focile (25 de novembro de 1961) é uma soprano italiana. Ela nasceu, mais precisamente na região da Sicília, tendo estudado em Turim sob a orientação de Elio Battaglia, tendo feito sua estreia em 1986, na ópera Ballo in maschera, de Giuseppe Verdi, se apresentando no teatro La Scala. Ainda em 1986, ganhou o prêmio International Pavarotti, na Filadélfia, e depois disso fez várias apresentações com o famoso tenor. Em 1995 ela interpretou Mimì, uma personagem da ópera La Bohème, de Puccini, na Metropolitan Opera House. (pt)
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