Matteo Dalle Fratte is an Italian tenor, musicologist and
opera coach who studied singing in Italy with Paolo Badoer, a pupil
of Gilda Dalla Rizza, Puccini’s favourite soprano. He is a tutor of
languages within RWCMD’s Vocal department, Professor of Italian and
former Research Fellow in Italian phonetics for opera, at the
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, an Italian coach at the
National Opera Studio and at Royal Opera House, London.
Matteo Dalle Fratte is also Founder and Lead
coach for Melofonetica Foundation, established in London in 2014 to
promote the correct use of Italian language in opera. Matteo has
investigated for the first time how Italian phonetics can be
combined with the rules of music and correct singing technique to
produce a high level of sung Italian.