Nuccia Focile
Born: 25th November 1961, Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily,
Nationality: Italian
Italian soprano Nuccia Focile was born in Sicily in 1961 and trained in Turin, where she sang her first Mimì in 1984; the part would become something of a calling-card for her, and she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in the role in 1995. Her repertoire also includes Verdi’s Nannetta, Violetta, Oscar and Amelia Boccanegra, Mozart’s Susanna, Elvira, Pamina, Despina, Ilia and Servilia, Nedda in Pagliacci, Liù in Turandot, and Norina in Don Pasquale.