Biography
Brazilian soprano Luiza Willert graduated in 2023 from the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Studio in London, where she studied under the tutelage of Nuccia Focile and Ingrid Surgenor as a recipient of the prestigious Bicentenary Scholarship.Following her graduation, Luiza was invited to join the Fondazione Mascarade Young Artists Programme in Florence for two seasons. During her time with Mascarade, she made her house and role debut at Staatstheater Wiesbaden as Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and appeared in concerts and recitals across Italy and Germany, performing at venues such as Teatro della Pergola (Florence), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), Stadthalle Göttingen, and the Circolo dell’Unione (Florence).
In 2025-26 Luiza joined the Opera Studio of Staatsoper Stuttgart, where she has so far performed roles such as Clorinda/La Cenerentola, Frasquita/Carmen, Papagena/Die Zauberflöte, and Laura/Casanova. She continues the Studio this season, making her role debut as Pamina/Die Zauberflöte and reprising Clorinda/La Cenerentola, Berta/ Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Sandmännchen and Taumännchen/Hänsel und Gretel. She will also appear in the Studio’s New Year concert and in recital.
As a student at the RAM, Luiza portrayed a variety of roles including Susanna/Le nozze di Figaro, Anne Trulove/The Rake’s Progress, Fanny/La cambiale di matrimonio, Rosmene/Imeneo, La Ciesca/Gianni Schicchi and appeared as Sarah and the Sun Witch in the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen’s opera WITCH. During this time, she participated in the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto and performed in the Solti-Peretti Répétiteurs Course in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, she was also invited to join the masterclass of the NEUE STIMMEN competition.
Between 2019 and 2021, Luiza Willert was a member of the São Paulo Municipal Theatre Opera Studio, performing roles such as First Child-Spirit and First Lady/Die Zauberflöte, Bastienne/Bastien und Bastienne and Annina/La traviata. She has participated in masterclasses with Eliane Coelho, Barbara Frittoli, Ann Murray, and Richard Bonynge.
Luiza Willert is the first prize winner of the 13th International Competition of Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini (2024) and the 18th Concurso Brasileiro de Canto Maria Callas (2020), and a multiple prize-winner at the Linus Lerner International Singing Competition.
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