We are excited to return to Italy in the summer of 2025, and we welcome you to join us! If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]. Now accepting applications!
Opera Lucca is a summer festival for singers, pianists, and composers. It will be held at the Lucca Italian School in the summer of 2025, June 7th through July 6th. This season we are casting roles in our staging of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro as well as in scenes from Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, La finta giardiniera, Cenerentola La bohème, La Traviata, and other bel canto, baroque, and dramatic repertoire. We specialize in teaching Italian opera and art song through a focus on the language. Our distinguished faculty are either native Italian speakers or experts in operatic Italian. The program is centered around Italian language immersion as an important component of bel canto training. We teach not just diction but expressive delivery of the text through an understanding of the poetry. Host family stays are available to further improve conversational Italian beyond language classes.
Submit applications early for opera roles.
Opera Lucca also hosts a composition program, focusing on text setting and learning voice types. Visit the composition program for more information.
Tuition ranges from $4000 to $5050, depending on housing options. Contact us at [email protected] and follow us on facebook and instagram!
City of Lucca
Lucca is a beautiful historic city in northern Tuscany and is the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini. At one time, Lucca was a powerful city-state and trading center, and visitors are now charmed by its distinctly old-world atmosphere. It is nicknamed “la città delle cento chiese” because of the nearly 100 old churches throughout the city. Some of these churches are spectacular and unusual, with elaborate striped-marble façades and tall towers. Its surrounding wall was originally designed to protect Lucca from invaders, but it is now a tree-lined park with a paved bicycle path. The Lucchesi and tourists frequently use the walls for morning runs, afternoon walks, and leisurely rides on their bici. It is also an easy way to travel from one side of the city to another. Because of the wall, the buildings in the original centro of town have not changed much over the centuries. But inside these buildings one finds a wealth of boutique stores, traditional restaurants, local food markets, wine bars, and artisanal gelato shops.
