Maestro Riccardo Frizza Masterclass
Thursday, October 9 | 7:00-9:00 PM
Boston Conservatory’s Seully Hall
8 Fenway – Floor 4
Boston, MA 02215
Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera are thrilled to welcome Maestro Riccardo Frizza to lead a masterclass with Boston Conservatory at Berklee students and Boston Lyric Opera’s Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artists as part of the Opera Innovators Series.
Riccardo Frizza, Musical Director and Artistic Director of the Donizetti Opera Festival and Honorary Conductor of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, is widely regarded as one of today’s leading conductors, regularly collaborating with the world’s most prestigious opera houses and orchestras. Highlights for 2025 include La fanciulla del West and Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna; La Favorite at ABAO Bilbao Opera; Roberto Devereux, Medea, and Partenope at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples; La sonnambula at The Metropolitan Opera; Caterina Cornaro for the opening of the Donizetti Opera; and several symphonic concerts with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Teatro Comunale di Bologna, and George Enescu Philharmonic. In 2026, he conducts in Naples for three symphonic concerts; Nabucco; Mitridate, re di Ponto; and a concert performance of Aida; at the Teatro del Maggio for Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana; and at the Royal Ballet and Opera for I puritani. That same year, he will lead a series of concerts in Budapest with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and embark on a tour across the Basque Country with the Euskadiko Orkestra. In 2024, he was appointed Cavaliere al merito della Repubblica Italiana by the Italian President, Mattarella.
Maestro Riccardo Frizza is presented as part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Opera Innovators Series in partnership with Boston Lyric Opera.
Boston Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges David & Janet McCue for their generous support of Boston Lyric Opera in presenting the 2025/26 Opera Innovators Series.
This event is open to all members of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera community.
