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.
2025 COURSE DATES: June 22 to July 13
Faculty Includes: Jonathan Papp, Richard Bonynge, Enrique Mazzola,
Stefano Baldasseroni, and Jonathan Lakeland among others.


Applications for our 2025 Bel Canto Course for Singers will open soon.

With the support of Rolex

2024 Young Artists

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Armenia

Gosh Sargsyan

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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

Mezzo-Soprano

Aigul Akhmetshina

Conductor

Carlo Rizzi

Artistic Director & Principal Vocal Coach/Tutor

Jonathan Papp

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 will open soon. Check back for more information.