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.
2024 COURSE DATES: June 20 to July 14
Faculty: Jonathan Papp, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Rizzi, Freddie De Tommaso, Aigul Akhmetshina

Applications for our 2024 Bel Canto Course for Singers are now OPEN!

Supported by the Rolex Institute

2023 Young Artists

Baritone
Australia

Jeremy Boulton

Opernstudio at the Gärtnerplatz Theater, Munich

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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 for our 2024 Bel Canto Course are now open!