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| La Scola Vincenzo | | tenore
[ 1958 - 2011 ]
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| From his 1985 international debut in Brussels as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore with John Pritchard, Vincenzo La Scola has become one of today's leading tenors, having enjoyed success after success in the world?s most prestigious opera houses, concert halls and on recordings. |
| In most recent seasons Vincenzo La Scola was Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Arena of Verona, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and in Zurich; made his debut as Radames in Aida under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt; was Rodolfo in La Bohème both in Washington, D.C. and in Tel Aviv with Giuseppe Sinopoli, at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago opposite Mirella Freni and under the baton of Bruno Bartoletti; sang Verdi's Messa da Requiem in Paris with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic, with the Teatro Comunale of Florence on tour in China and in Jerusalem with Riccardo Muti, and in Naples, Parma and Turin. He has also been recently heard in L'elisir d'amore at La Scala, in Chicago and in Zurich, La Bohème and Simon Boccanegra at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Ernani in Palermo, Vienna and Zurich, sang in Werther, Les contes d?Hoffmann and La Bohème in Palermo, I due Foscari and Don Carlo in Naples, and was in Bologna, Ferrara, Florence (with Claudio Abbado) and Paris for Simon Boccanegra. He has just returned to the Lyric Opera in Chicago for Cavalleria rusticana, making his debut in the role of Turiddu. The president of the Italian Republic invited him to participate as Special Guest at the traditional New Year Concert in Rome. He wrote and interpreted a new show called "Dedicated to Mario Lanza". |
| Future engagements include La Bohème at Metropolitan, Tosca at the Wiener Staatsoper, Don Carlo in Florence. A recording of Aida with Nicholas Harnoncourt conducting is in progress and will be released on the Teldec label. |
| Vincenzo La Scola has appeared in the European theatres of Hamburg, Barcelona, Berlin, Bonn, Köln, Lisbon, London, Munich, Paris, Venice, Verona and Vienna, where he been heard in operas such as La sonnambula, Gianni Schicchi, La traviata, La fille du régiment, L'amico Fritz, Rigoletto and Luisa Miller. |
| In 1991 he was invited by Giancarlo Menotti to the Spoleto Festival for Verdi's Messa da Requiem which he performed under the baton of Daniele Gatti, followed in the season by a recording of and his U.S. debut at the San Francisco Opera in I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Other U.S. credits include the title role in Les contes d'Hoffmann in Houston and Verdi's Messa da Requiem in with the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta. Vincenzo La Scola made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in La Bohème returning to that stage as the Duke in Rigoletto in 1995. |
| In 1988 Mr. La Scola made debuts at the Teatro alla Scala as Nemorino in L'Elisir d'amore with Giuseppe Patanè and at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna with Mascagni's Le maschere which was recorded by Ricordi. He has since returned to Bologna with Giovanna d'Arco in a new production by Werner Herzog, conducted by Riccardo Chailly and recorded on video by Teldec, and in La Bohème, Un ballo in maschera, La traviata, Rigoletto, Roberto Devereux, Don Carlo and I Lombardi. He was invited by Riccardo Muti to Seville for the Expo 1992 and for a tour in Japan and the Soviet Union with Teatro alla Scala where he performed I Capuleti e I Montecchi and the Verdi Requiem. |
| His discography includes Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle for Erato, Ernani for Nuova Era, Rigoletto and Norma with Riccardo Muti for EMI, Beatrice di tenda for Sony under the baton of Alberto Zedda for Sony, Mascagni's Le maschere for for Ricordi with Gianluigi Gelmetti, Mefistofele on the Bmg label with Riccardo Muti, L'elisir d'amore for Naxos. He also took part in some concerts recorded live opposite Luciana Serra and Ruggero Raimondi (Bongiovanni) and in Battiato's Genesi (with the Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna A.Toscanini) recorded by Ricordi. |
| Vincenzo La Scola was born in Palermo. He studied with Arrigo Pola and Carlo Bergonzi, He won the «A. Ziliani» contest of the International Competition for Verdian Voices in Busseto and made his professional debut in 1983 in Parma singing the role of Ernesto in Don Pasquale.@ |
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