Alongside performing, Victoria works as an Italian coach and translator - she is passionate about preserving authentic lyric diction of sung Italian. Her natural curiosity for languages, native fluency in Italian and comprehensive understanding of other Latin-based languages coupled with first hand-experience as a singer and Italian teacher lend themselves ideally to this role, creating a balanced knowledge between the voice and the Italian language.
Currently she coaches Italian privately in London and online. Previously she coached Italian at the Royal Academy of Music, shadowed and assisted the language coaches at Opera North for their productions of Gianni Schicchi and Aida in 2019. During her time at ON, she lead a Q&A pre-performance talk, discussing the role of the Italian language coach in opera with the University of Leeds Italian language department. Victoria has also coached the Hallé Youth Choir and Leeds Youth Opera.
As well as opera coaching, Victoria enjoys frequent collaborations with Jamie Hannah, using her knowledge to translate popular songs into Italian which Jamie shares with followers worldwide.
artist testimonials
I took language coaching from Victoria to improve my Italian text in a baroque opera role. I found it very helpful to speak through all my role's texts with a language coach who is also herself a singer and get specific corrections to develop my way to speak the Italian text and find correct emphasis with texts. Victoria is very positive, so there is a wonderful atmosphere to work. She helped me a lot to get my Italian vowels brighter and get the text more fluent so it is then also easy to sing.
I can totally recommend Victoria!
Maiju Vaahtoluoto
Mezzo-soprano
I find Victoria an excellent coach and her knowledge of the opera and song repertoire makes her an invaluable aid when tackling new material. She is my go to for Italian language questions, as I know that however basic or complicated the question, she will get back to me quickly and answer with kindness and patience.
Charlotte Richardson
Soprano
Quite a unique task, translating English Popular songs into Italian, having to accommodate for the intonation that’s so familiar by the singers Ariana Grande and Bette Midler have with their lyrics. But Victoria surpassed how I perceived they could be - giving multiple options literal and more lyrical.
I was a little out of practice when it came to my Italian pronunciation but Victoria kindly went above and beyond, recording her voice to ensure I had the perfect pronunciation.
I’m so grateful for Victoria’s openness to help, her professionalism and her stunning voice that help me bring this project into fruition With each video hitting over 1m Views.
I’m very excited to continue working with her on these as the project develops.
Jamie Hannah
Artist