Bel Canto Course
for singers

Every year the GSA Bel Canto course in Castiglione della Pescaia, Tuscany, offers twelve young singers a fully-funded, three-week immersion in Italian opera singing, with a focus on language, style, and technique in the 19th and early 20th century Italian repertoire.
2027 COURSE DATES: June 20 to July 10
Faculty Includes: Jonathan Papp, Francesco Lanzilotta, Benjamin Bernheim,
Barbara Frittoli, Aigul Akhmetshina, Stefano Baldasseroni, and Sophie Daneman, among others.

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With the support of Rolex

2027 Young Artists

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Testimonials

“I have never experienced such an extremely organized, motivating, and wonderfully fulfilling three weeks than I have had at the Georg Solti Accademia in Castiglione this year. ”

– Thobela Ntshanaya

Bel Canto Faculty

Current, past, and future faculty for our Bel Canto Course for Singers

Soprano

Hera Hyesang Park

Tenor

Benjamin Bernheim

Conductor

Carlo Rizzi

Alumni  

Many of our students have already gone on to impressive professional careers with appearances at venues such as the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne Opera, Royal Opera House, Washington National Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Royal Swedish Opera, Hamburg State Opera, La Monnaie, Paris Opera, Vlaamse Opera, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Salzburg Festival and English National Opera.

Applications are now open at the link below. The deadline is 13th December, 2026.