Creating a supportive, highly effective mentorship environment depends upon connecting young artists with an exceptional faculty. The Accademia has a rotating faculty each year of permanent and guest teachers, including some of the best opera singers, conductors, vocal coaches, language experts, and industry professionals in the world. Past faculty has included Jonathan Papp, Maestro Richard Bonynge, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Angela Gheorghiu, Jose Carreras, and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and others.