Federica Foresta

Federica Foresta was born in Palermo on July 30, 1996. From 2008, at the age of 12, she began her lyrical singing studies with Maestro Elizabeth Smith, at the time a member of the board of directors of the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra (Teatro Politeama di Palermo). From 2012 to 2015 she completed the pre-academic cycle of Canto Lirico at the Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of State Music in Palermo.

On August 11 and 13, 2021, Federica took part in the cast of “Rigoletto” staged at the Teatro Antico di Taormina, for the summer season of the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, on the occasion of the “BellininFest” theatrical exhibition; Federica played the role of the Countess of Ceprano. On October 29, 2021, Federica won the “first international lyric competition for young Belliniane lyric voices”, organized by the Massimo Bellini Theater in Catania.

From November 26 to December 3, 2021, Federica played, in the first cast, the character “Berta” from “The Barber of Seville” by G. Rossini, at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania. In March and May 2022, Federica took part in the show “Le allegre comari di Falstaff”, conceived by the company “Venti Lucenti” specialized in training and dissemination of theatrical culture. She also interpreted the famous aria of Gilda “Caro nome” from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto.

In August 2022, Federica took part in a concert sponsored by the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Federico II Foundation. In December 2022, at the invitation of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, Federica performed a Christmas greeting concert for the citizenship of Florence, at the historic “Palazzo Vecchio”, in the presence of Mayor Dario Nardella.

After this, Federica took part in the famous Mozart opera, at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, “Le Nozze di Figaro”, interpreting, in the first cast, the character of Barbarina, under the musical direction of M. Beatrice Venezi and directed by Michele Mirabella. Then, Federica took part in the famous “Trittico” by Puccini, staged at the ancient theater of Taormina and sponsored by the “Taormina Arte” Foundation; Federica played the characters of: Amante in “Il Tabarro”, Sister Genovieffa in “Suor Angelica” and Nella in “Gianni Schicchi”, under the musical direction of Beatrice Venezi and directed by Paul-Emile Fourny.