Biography
The young Brazilian soprano Luiza Willert graduated from the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Studio in London in 2023, where she studied under the tutelage of Nuccia Focile and Ingrid Surgenor and was a recipient of the Bicentenary Scholarship.After her studies in London, she was invited to participate in the renowned Fondazione Mascarade Young Singers Programme in Florence for seasons 23/24 and 24/25. She performed in numerous concerts and recitals organised by the Foundation, including at the Teatro della Pergola Florence, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Stadthalle Göttingen as well as at the Circolo dell’Unione in Florence to name a few.
In January 2025 Luiza gave her house and role debut at Staatstheater Wiesbaden as Papagena in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In the season 2025/26 she will join the opera studio at Staatsoper Stuttgart where she will perform a.o. the roles of Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Frasquita (Carmen), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte) and Laura (Casanova).
During her studies at the Royal College of Music Luiza performed roles such as Susanna/Le Nozze di Figaro, Anne Trulove/The Rake’s Progress, Fanny/La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Rosmene/Imeneo, Sarah and Sun Witch in the world premiere of Freya Waley-Cohen‘s WITCH and La Ciesca/Gianni Schicchi. At the same time, she took part in the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto in Italy and sang twice for the Solti-Peretti Répétiteurs Course in 2022 and in 2023. Also, in 2023 she was invited to the master class of the prestigious NEUE STIMMEN competition.
From 2019-2021 she was a member of the São Paulo Municipal Theatre Opera Studio, appearing in roles such as First Child-Spirit and First Lady/Die Zauberflöte, Bastienne/Bastien und Bastienne as well as Annina/La Traviata.
Luiza has taken part in masterclasses with Eliane Coelho, Barbara Frittoli, Ann Murray and Richard Bonynge.
Awards include the 1st prizes at the 13th International Competition of Belcanto Vincenzo Bellini in 2024 as well as in the 18th Concurso Brasileiro de Canto Maria Callas 2020. She has also twice been a prize-winner at the Linus Lerner International Singing Competition.
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