Faculty

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.

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Jonathan Papp

Artistic Director & Principal Vocal Coach/Tutor
(2004 – Present)
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Repetiteur Course
Bel Canto Course For Singers

Stefano Baldasseroni

Italian Language Coach
(2017 – Present)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Charles Castronovo

Tenor
2025
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Enrique Mazzola

Music Director | Lyric Opera of Chicago
2025
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Richard Bonynge

Guest Faculty & Artistic Patron
(2010– Present)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers
Repetiteur Course

Anthony Legge

Conductor
(2014 - Present)
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Repetiteur Course

Rodrigo de Vera

Répétiteur & Vocal Coach - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
(2018 - Present)
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Repetiteur Course

James Vaughan

Head Vocal Coach, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy
(2017 - Present)
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Repetiteur Course

Mark Markham

Guest Faculty, Repetiteur Course
(2017, 2018, 2024)
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Repetiteur Course

Freddie De Tommaso

Tenor
(2021-Present)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Carlo Rizzi

Conductor
2024
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Aigul Akhmetshina

Mezzo-Soprano
2024
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Jonathan Palmer Lakeland

Associate Director & Vocal Coach/Tutor
(2016; 2019 – Present)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Barbara Frittoli

Soprano, GSA Artistic Patron/Faculty
(2015 - Present)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Leo Nucci

Guest Faculty
(2007, 2015, 2023)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Roberto Frontali

Baritone
(2019)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Grace Bumbry

Soprano
(2021)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Paolo Speca

Vocal Coach
2004 - Present
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Alessandro Corbelli

Baritone
(2018)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Massimo Giordano

Tenor
(2017)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Carmen Giannattasio

Soprano
(2016)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Silvana Bartoli

Soprano/Voice Teacher
(2015)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Pamela Bullock

Faculty, Repetiteur Course
(2015)
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Repetiteur Course

Annette Saunders

Asst. Head of Music, Opera North
(2015, 2016, 2017)
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Repetiteur Course

Mariella Devia

Guest Faculty
(2014)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Daniela Dessi

Soprano
(2013)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Luciana Serra

Guest Faculty
(2013, 2014)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Corradina Caporello

Italian Language Coach
(2010 – 2017)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Angela Gheorghiu

Soprano
(2012, 2016)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Sir Thomas Allen

Baritone
(2011)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Dennis O’Neill

Tenor
(2009, 2012 – 2015)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

José Carreras

Tenor
(2009)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Frederica von Stade

Guest Faculty
(2008)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Mirella Freni

Guest Faculty
(2006)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Guest Faculty
(2005, 2008 – 2011)
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Pepi Ferrari

Italian Language Coach
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Bel Canto Course For Singers

Isabella Radcliffe

Italian Language Coach
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Bel Canto Course For Singers