RETURNEnkelejda Shkoza

Enkelejda Shkoza

Soloist, Mezzo-soprano
Mezzo-soprano, born in Tirana, she studied at the Conservatory of her home town. She debuted in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Strasbourg and moved to Italy, where she graduated in singing from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory (Milan). Ιn the same year she won the first prize at the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul. She has sung under leading conductors in numerous theatres and festivals in Italy and worldwide such as Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro), Teatro Regio (Turin), Teatro Donizetti (Bergamo), Teatro Comunale (Bologna), Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, London), Opéra Bastille, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra Garnier, La Monnaie (Brussels), La Scala (Milan), Dresden and Vienna State Operas. Her large repertoire includes leading roles in such famous operas as Rigoletto, Così fan tutte, Madama Butterfly, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Aida, La forza del destino, La Damnation de Faust, Carmen. She has sung the role of Mistress Quickly at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), San Carlo (Naples), in Palma de Mallorca and Tokyo. // The list of the productions below is complete - Last update of the biography: February 2023.