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After studying piano as a child, she then decided to devote herself to opera singing and in 2011 received her singing diploma with top marks and honors. After that, she won many international competitions such as the AsLiCo Competition, the Maria Caniglia Competition, and the Etta Limiti Prize Competition. After singing Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, she made her debut at the Ravenna Festival in L’Italiana in Algeri (Isabella), a title she also performed at the Teatro Massimo Palermo, in Nancy and at the Beaune Festival.
Teresa Iervolino regularly collaborates with renowned conductors such as Riccardo Chailly, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi, Roberto Abbado, Alberto Zedda, Christophe Rousset, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Ivor Bolton, Donato Renzetti, Carlo Rizzi, Marc Minkowski, Stefano Montanari, Andrea Marcon, Ottavio Dantone, Alessandro De Marchi, Gabriele Ferro, Antonino Fogliani, Marco Armiliato, Daniel Oren, Daniele Rustioni, Riccardo Frizza.
Her most recent successes include Tancredi (title role), Falstaff (Quickly), Norma (Adalgisa), Semiramide (Arsace), Handel’s Rinaldo (title role), Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso (Orlando), L’Equivoco Stravagante (Ernestina), La Cenerentola, Verdi’s Requiem, Rossini’s Ermione (Andromaca), Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix (Pierotto) and Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz (Beppe), Salieri’s Armida (Ismene), Nabucco (Fenena), Porpora’s L’Angelica (Orlando), Handel’s Partenope (Rosmira), Rossini’s Messa di Gloria, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Alcina (Bradamante), Giulio Cesare (Cornelia), Cavalli’s La Calisto (Diana), Mercadante’s Il giuramento (Bianca), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, a recital at the Rossini Opera Festival, Handel’s Messiah, Tancredi in Rouen, Mozart’s Requiem, L’Italiana in Algeri, Ariodante, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at the opening of the MiTo Festival, Cenerentola with Gianluca Capuano, Petite messe solennelle, Madama Butterfly (including in concert form with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Kirill Petrenko), Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, Handel’s La Resurrezione and Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Wiener Konzerthaus.
She has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and has performed at major venues and festivals including Teatro Real Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala, Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro, Salzburg Festival, and the Wiener Konzerthaus, among many others.
Among the engagements of the past season were: Falstaff and a Verdi gala at the Festival Verdi in Parma; Falstaff once again and Ermione in concert version at the Opéra de Marseille; Lucrezia Borgia at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville; Orfeo ed Euridice at the Auditorio de Tenerife; Enrico di Borgogna at the Teatro Malibran in Venice; Carmen in Fermo, Ascoli Piceno and Fano; Orphée et Euridice with the Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra at the Ancient Theatre of Messene, conducted by George Petrou; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; and concerts with the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest and in New York, where she was awarded the 2026 Fortunino Prize by the International Festival Verdi Friends.
Among the engagements for the 2026–27 season are: Aida at the Festival Verdi in Parma; Il Viaggio a Reims at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Falstaff at the New National Theatre in Tokyo; La Damnation de Faust at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Anna Bolena in concert version at the Tiroler Festspiele Erl; Maria Stuarda in concert version at the Opéra de Marseille; Bach’s Magnificat at the Palau de la Música de València, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini; Mahler’s Das klagende Lied at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid; and Bach’s Missa Solemnis with the Warsaw Philharmonic, conducted by Stefano Montanari.
Her already extensive discography includes: Handel’s Partenope with Il Pomo d’Oro and Riccardo Minasi for Erato; Handel/Leo’s Rinaldo with La Scintilla and Fabio Luisi and Linda di Chamounix with the Maggio Musicale for Dynamic; Mozart’s La Betulia Liberata and Salieri’s Armida with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset for Aparté; Rossini’s Messa di Gloria with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano for Warner Classics; La fidanzata del demonio, a solo album dedicated to the art songs of Saverio Mercadante for the Maggio Live label.
