Rosa Vento

Soprano

NYU Vocal Performance Faculty

Rosa Vento has performed to popular acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, including appearances at the Vienna State Opera as Ilia in Idomeneo conducted by Colin Davis, Silvana in the world premiere of Schnittke's Gesualdo conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, Hèléne in Verdi's Jerusalem conducted by Zubin Mehta, Violetta in La Traviata, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore, Anna and Elvira in Don Giovanni, Giulietta in Les Contes d'Hoffman, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, Saffi in Der Zigeunerbaron, Celestial Voice in Don Carlo, and Micaela in Carmen most notably. Elsewhere in Europe, she has appeared in Dusseldorf as Anna in Don Giovanni and Leonora in Il Trovatore; in Basel, Amsterdam, Innsbruck, and Tokyo as Violetta; and in Nice as Mimi.

In the U.S., she has appeared with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Austin Lyric Opera as Elvira and Mimi, Palm Beach Opera as Musetta, Florida Grand Opera as Micaela, and Long Beach Opera as Magda most notably.

As a concert artist, she has performed as soprano soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No.9 for the Opera de Nice, the Angel in Mahler's Symphony No.8 with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and a flower maiden in a concert performance of Parsifal with the Chicago Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim. She was a featured soloist in a Bernstein songfest at New York's 92nd Street Y and has presented recitals in New York (Alice Tully Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium, and Hubbard Recital Hall), Miami (Guzman Concert Hall and University of Miami), Washington, D.C. (Phillips Collection), and at the Teatro Naçional de Santo Domingo.

Ms. Vento can be heard on disc as Violetta in La Traviata with Marcelo Alvarez and Leo Nucci, and on her latest CD entitled “Perlas Cubanas,” songs by Ernesto Lecuona and Sindo Garay.

Ms. Vento is the first-place winner of a number of awards, including the Loren L. Zachary Society competition, Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, Rosa Ponselle International competition, Friday Morning Music Club, Palm Beach Opera auditions, and Liederkranz Foundation competition. A native of Havana, Cuba, Ms. Vento was raised in Miami.