Ermonela Jaho
{{short description|Albanian operatic soprano (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ermonela Jaho
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| caption = Jaho at the International Opera Awards in 2016
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|07|18}}
| birth_place = Tirana, Albania
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| genre = Opera
| occupation = Opera singer (soprano)
| years_active = 1992–present
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| website = {{URL|www.ermonelajaho.com/}}
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Ermonela Jaho (born July 18, 1974{{cite news |last1=Woolfe |first1=Zachary |title=This Soprano Sings ‘the Sound of the Soul’ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/arts/music/ermonela-jahos-quiet-drama.html |access-date=2024-07-14 |agency=New York Times |date=July 12, 2024}}) is an Albanian operatic soprano.{{Cite news|url=http://gazeta-shqip.com/lajme/2014/04/05/rama-nderon-medalje-sopranon-ermonela-jaho-ambasadorja-jone-e-mire-ne-bote/|title=Rama nderon me medalje sopranon Ermonela Jaho: Ambasadorja jonë më e mirë në botë {{!}} Gazeta SHQIP Online|last=Shqip|first=Gazeta|date=2014-04-05|access-date=2017-12-17|language=sq-AL}} She was described in The Economist as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano".{{cite news|title=How Ermonela Jaho became the world's most acclaimed soprano|url=https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21699431-how-ermonela-jaho-became-worlds-most-acclaimed-soprano-fiery-angel|access-date=28 May 2016|newspaper=The Economist|date=28 May 2016}} The Financial Times said "Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't even try to resist".{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=Teresa Levonian |date=2016-01-08 |title=Opera star Ermonela Jaho: from communist Albania to New York |url=https://www.ft.com/content/dca83b28-a3f0-11e5-873f-68411a84f346 |access-date=2017-12-17 |website=Financial Times}}
The Guardian has described her as "one of the great verismo interpreters".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/28/madama-butterfly-puccini-royal-opera-house-london-review-ermonela-jaho|title=Madama Butterfly review – the whole evening is outstanding|last=Ashley|first=Tim|date=2017-03-28|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} and on another article "Ermonela Jaho triumphs in Madama Butterfly".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/26/mozart-the-first-commandment-madama-butterfly-ermonela-jaho-royal-opera|title=The First Commandment; Madama Butterfly review – child's play at the opera|last=Maddocks|first=Fiona|date=2017-03-26|work=The Observer|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}
Education
Jaho began studying singing at the age of six. After completing her studies at the Liceu Artistik "Jordan Misja" in Tirana in 1992, she entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana where she studied for one year. After winning a competition organized by the Italian soprano Katia Ricciarelli in Albania, she moved to Italy in 1993 where she studied for one year at the Academy of Mantova. After completing her studies she joined the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where she studied singing and piano for five years. She has also studied with mezzo-soprano Catherine Green, wife of Alan Green, Jaho's manager.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opera-online.com/en/items/performers/ermonela-jaho|title=Ermonela Jaho (Performer) | Opera Online - The opera lovers web site|website=Opera-online.com|access-date=31 December 2020}}{{Better source needed|date=February 2023}}
Career
She has won many international competitions including the Giacomo Puccini competition in Milan, Italy 1997, Spontini International Competition in Ancona, Italy 1998, Zandonai in Rovereto, Italy 1999, and The Best Singer at the Wexford Festival, 2000. She has performed in opera houses worldwide including the Royal Opera in London,{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/ermonela-jaho|title=Ermonela Jaho — People — Royal Opera House|website=Roh.org.uk|access-date=2017-12-17}} the Metropolitan Opera,{{Cite web|url=http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Artists/Sopranos/Ermonela-Jaho/|title=Ermonela Jaho|website=Metopera.org|access-date=2017-12-17|archive-date=2017-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050700/http://www.metopera.org/Discover/Artists/Sopranos/Ermonela-Jaho/|url-status=dead}} Teatro Real Madrid,{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/06/28/actualidad/1498602550_732204.html|title=Crítica {{!}} Madame Jaho|last=Gago|first=Luis|date=2017-06-29|work=EL PAÍS|access-date=2017-12-17|language=es}} the Berlin Staatsoper, Opera National de Paris,{{Cite web|url=https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/artists/ermonela-jaho|title=Ermonela Jaho|website=Opéra national de Paris|language=en|access-date=2017-12-17}} Theatre des Champs-Élysées, Staatsoper Vienna, Bayerische Staatsoper,{{Cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/en/biographies/detail-page/jaho-ermonela.html|title=Jaho Ermonela|last=Staatsoper|first=Bayerische|website=Bayerische Staatsoper|language=en|access-date=2017-12-17|archive-date=2018-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123534/https://www.staatsoper.de/en/biographies/detail-page/jaho-ermonela.html|url-status=dead}} Opera Australia,{{Cite web|url=https://opera.org.au/artists/ermonela-jaho|title=Ermonela Jaho {{!}} Opera Australia|website=opera.org.au|language=en|access-date=2017-12-17}} Teatro Colón Buenos Aires,{{Cite news|url=http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/en/content/ermonela-jaho|title=Ermonela Jaho|date=2017-09-07|work=Teatro Colón|access-date=2017-12-17|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro alla Scala,{{Citation|last=Music .Critic|title=Ermonela Jaho - RAI - Manon - Teatro alla Scala|date=2012-06-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7NBwchiMxc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/w7NBwchiMxc |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=2017-12-17}}{{cbignore}} Teatro San Carlo Naples, [http://theatromunicipal.org.br/programacao/thais-de-massenet/ Theatro Municipal de Sae Paulo], Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opéra de Marseille, Arena di Verona, etc. Her repertoire ranges from Violetta in La traviata, Maria Stuarda, Madame Butterfly, Manon, Mireille, Amina in La sonnambula, Mimi in La bohème, Michaela in Carmen, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Angelica in Suor Angelica,{{citation| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRNwAgAAQBAJ&q=ermonela+jaho&pg=PT532| chapter=2011-12 | title=Whitaker's Shorts: Five Years in Review| publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing| year=2012|location=London| isbn=9781408192825 }} Anna Bolena, etc.{{citation| language=sq| url=http://www.zhurnal.mk/content/?id=1572223175455| publisher=Zhournal News Agency| title=Soprano shqiptare Ermonela Jaho, "Thais" në San Paolo, Brazil| trans-title=The Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho, "Thais" in San Paolo, Brasil| date=2015-07-22| access-date=2016-01-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205130633/http://www.zhurnal.mk/content/?id=1572223175455| archive-date=2016-02-05| url-status=dead}}
In 2016 she won the Readers' award (public's award) at International Opera Awards in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/news/winners-of-2016-international-opera-awards-announced|title=Winners of 2016 International Opera Awards announced — News — Royal Opera House|website=Roh.org.uk|access-date=2017-12-17}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ermonelajaho.com Artist's web site]
- [https://www.operabase.com/a/Ermonela-Jaho/5184/en Ermonela Jaho] Operabase
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Category:Albanian operatic sopranos
Category:Musicians from Tirana
Category:University of Arts (Albania) alumni
Category:Albanian expatriates in Italy
Category:20th-century Albanian women opera singers