Jacob Bettinelli

Jacob Bettinelli recently won Third Prize in the Piemonte Opera International Singing Competition in Italy and made his Bulgaria debut as ‘Masetto’ in Don Giovanni with the Varna State Opera House in September 2019. Jacob graduated from the Masters of Performance course at the Royal College of Music under the tutelage of Alison Wells and Simon Lepper, where he also gained his Bachelor of Music degree in 2017. He was a Jessie Sumner Scholar and Sussex Scholar supported by a Tiong Kiu King Award, Talent Unlimited and K. Wah International Vocal Scholarship. Jacob is an alumnus of the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme. Last season, Jacob has been selected to participate in a week masterclass working closely with Dennis O’Neill CBE, culminating with concerts in Nafplio, Greece. He also performed in Hintze Hall at the Natural History Museum; Concert at Verbier Festival & Tête à Tête Opera Festival and a recital for the Rachmaninov Song Festival at Pushkin House; bass soloist Handel’s Messiah at Regent’s Hall; Uberto in La Serva Padrona and Gil in Il segreto di Susanna in Macau; a concert in Kotor; sung bass soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland; and premiered music by Puccini (senior) under Bruno Nicoli (La Scala) at the Auditorium del Suffragio in Lucca Italy. Jacob has participated in numerous masterclasses, most notably with Christa Ludwig, Sumi Jo, Susan Bullock, Luis Ledesma, Roger Vignoles, Kim Begley, Rosemary Joshua and Thomas Quasthoff at the Aldeburgh Festival. Upcoming engagements including two Bayerische Staasoper workshops and concerts with Hong Kong Arts Festival; playing the roles of Guglielmo in Così Fan Tutte and Colline in La Bohème.