At a glance
Italian mezzo-soprano Romina Boscolo has been defined "a luxurious contralto with a rich, dark and mellow voice and a phrasing marked by the utmost expressiveness" (Opera Click, 2022). Her repertoire ranges from Handel to Verdi and Wagner. Ms. Boscolo has performed on many international stages, such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Cologne Opera, Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken, Theater Lübeck, Theater Bremen, Kiel Opera House, Darmstadt State Theatre, Municipal Theatre in São Paulo, Ankara Opera House.
She collaborated with renowned conductors Pinchas Steinberg, Jader Bignamini, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Giampaolo Bisanti, Antonio Pirolli, Carlo Goldstein, Antonello Allemandi,, Marcus Angius, Antonio Florio, John Neschling, Alexander Joel, Will Humburg, Conrad Junghähnel, Michael Güttler, Oleg Caetani, Andreas Wolf, Marco Comin, and Patrick Lange, among others.
Her many diverse roles include Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Frugola, Principessa, and Zita in Il Trittico, Ježibaba in Rusalka, The Countess in Pique Dame, Erda in Das Rheingold, Waltraute in Götterdämmerung, Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, Schwertleite in Die Walküre, Polinesso in Ariodante, the title role in Carmen, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana, Jocaste in Oedipus Rex, Adelaide in Arabella, Old Lady in Candide, Isabella in L'Italiana in Algeri, Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino, Larina in Eugene Onegin, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Adalgisa in Norma, Orflofsky in Die Fledermaus. She also created the role of Aliyah in the world premiere of S. N. Eichberg's Schönerland at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden.
In 2023, she presented "Evviva la Rossa!", a show conceived by the artist herself as a tribute to the late Italian singer and renowned diva, Milva, and brought to life for the first time at the International 2023 May Festival in Wiesbaden. Last year, she also produced her first recording project "Enchanting Contralto”, a journey into the magic world of the dramatic contralto voice.
She has recently announced her new project “Unveiled” with the objective to empower women through opera and inspire them to strive for freedom and self-expression in all areas of their life.