Stefano La Colla

Stefano La Colla is an Italian tenor who has given recitals and performed in opera internationally.

He was born in Turin, but he is native from Alcamo, where he lived from 12 until he was 23; he started his studies at the Conservatorio Pietro Mascagni in Livorno and trained under the guide of the soprano Luciana Serra and later with the baritone Carlo Meliciani.

In 2002 he won a scholarship at the Accademia d’alto Perfezionamento del Repertorio Pucciniano of Torre del Lago, where he attended its courses with Magda Olivero, Katia Ricciarelli and Raina Kabaivanska. Afterwards he performed together with Katia Ricciarelli at the Teatro Verdi of Pisa in a gala event organized by the Rotary Club.

After a great debut in 2008 with Aida at the Theatre Goldoni in Leghorn, he has continued his artistic experience in the traditional theatres of many Italian towns like Novara, Savona, Chieti, Reggio Emilia, Pisa, Lucca, Livorno, Busseto and Brescia.

His International career started in 2011 with Turandot at Ratisbon (where he made his debut with 16 recitals), then at Dortmund, Leipzig, Saint Peterburg, St. Gallen, Zagabria, Bucarest; but the real turning point was in 2014 as he performed in the greatest European opera houses such as: Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Oslo, Dresden and Vienna.In Italy he has performed several times at La Scala de Milan, Rome, Naples and Verona.