Rafaela Albuquerque
Portugal, Lisbon Lisbon
Soprano
in current round
in current round
Biography
“Greater praise for the scenically refined and vocally more convincing” (Connessi all’Opera)
Rafaela Albuquerque has been acclaimed by audiences and critics in the various roles she has defended. In the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, with emphasis on Musetta, Gilda, Clorinda, Ilaria and Zerlina. In the last one, RAINEWS classified it as “Magistrale”.
Winner of the Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition (2018), Graduated by the Fabbrica Young Artist Program of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2017-2019) with numerous awards, performed on stage in Portugal, Turkey, Italy, France and Argentina.
With a degree in singing from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Rafaela started her musical studies in Violin at the Santa Cecília Music Academy, having started studying singing at the age of 15.
With the Gulbenkian Orchestra, she performed Sofia (Il Signor Bruschino) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) under the direction of Claudio Desderi.
Recently, Rafaela is part of Adagio Artists Management roast. In 2022, Rafaela was invited to sing Violetta at Valentino’s birthday, in Rome.
