With passionate artists, a thriving community, and a mission to discover the music of language, Classic Lyric Arts is proud to unveil the 2026 Summer Programs.
This season marks a thrilling new chapter: the launch of CLA Mozart. Joining CLA France and CLA Italy, this brand-new intensive brings the spirit and excellence of CLA Berkshires to its new home in Todi, Italy. Designed for exceptional singers and pianists, CLA Mozart offers an unmatched opportunity to delve into Mozart’s operas while embracing CLA’s signature values of language, artistry, and collaboration.
CLA France, is a two-and-a-half-week summer training experience for emerging artists in the Périgord region of southwest France. CLA France is dedicated to exploring French opéra and chanson with native teachers in all its complexity, nuance, and beauty.
CLA France is made up of 18 singers, two pianists, and four teaching artists. CLA Artists and Faculty reside together in the French countryside and are immersed under one roof in the magic of French music, language, and culture.
CLA Mozart is a two-week intensive program where participants dive into recitatives, arias, and scenes from Mozart’s Italian operas at the highest musical level. Located in a beautifully restored 13th-century convent nestled in the hills of Todi in the Umbria region of Italy, the artists and faculty live and work together in historic grounds built for creating community.
With 16 singers, two pianists, and four teaching artists, this new immersive program prides itself on giving artists the training and atmosphere to deepen their connection with Mozart, focusing on the foundations of Italian bel canto that they can carry with them as they dive into their professional careers.
Nestled in the small town of Novafeltria, CLA Italy is a two-and-a-half-week summer training program dedicated to exploring the precision, artistry, and enchantment of bel canto repertoire. Artists immerse themselves in Italian culture, living among the locals in the small town of Novafeltria.
Established in 2009, CLA Italy is the original CLA summer program. With 26 singers, five pianists, and eight teaching artists, the daily schedules and concert programs are packed with detailed work and expansive repertoire. CLA Artists experience the Italian way of life while immersing themselves in Italian opera and song.
CLA exists to inspire the next generation of opera singers through the prism of language, culture, and history. By supporting CLA, you help to launch the careers of tomorrow's great artists while ensuring a bright future for opera and song. Click the button below to make your impact today!
CLA 2025 Artist Highlights
-CLA France-
““I left every single coaching having learned something so fundamentally necessary to the art of singing.””
““CLA France was an enriching experience that I will treasure for the rest of my life, whose values I hope to find and experience again throughout my career.””
-CLA Berkshires
““By the first concert, I noticed I was excited to sing and had fewer of the feelings I associated with my stage fright. With every concert, I felt more ease, joy, and excitement to be on stage.””
““By the end of CLA Berkshires… I felt as though I unlocked something my voice and my artistry were missing.””
-CLA Italy-
““CLA offered a healthy dose of challenges and left me feeling fulfilled and even more alive than when I arrived. Now I have returned home with an open mind and even deeper curiosity for the art form.” ”
““There was not a single coaching or lesson where I did not learn something new— I left every meeting feeling more inspired than the last.””