Nuccia Focile [SEP] voice type
Nuccia Focile
Nuccia Focile (born November 25, 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
in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" which she recorded for Philips.
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.
Nuccia Focile was awarded Artist of the Year 2013 for "La Voix Humaine" by Poulenc at Seattle Opera.
She has been teaching since 2011 at the Wales International Academy of Voice in Cardiff, alongside Dennis O'Neill.