Italian pianist, coach and conductor Valeria Racco won the prestigious position as Trainee Repetiteur in English National Opera.

She has played for numerous productions working side by side with international conductors and directors such as Karen Kamensek, Leo Mac Fall, Martyn Brabbins, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Hilary Griffiths, Antony Hermus, Daniel Kramer, Phelim McDermott, Edward Dick, Martin Lloyd-Evans, Clive Timms.

She returns as former pianist to ENO in the 2018/2019 season for  the Olivier  Award winning production of Akhnaten. 

Valeria holds the position of Opera Role Coach at the Royal Academy of Music since 2017.

She studied in Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the prestigious Opera Course under the direction of Dominic Wheeler.
She has been involved in several productions as Music Director and she is often invited to work in Germany.

She is an Italian coach and she has worked with international singers such as Anthony Roth Costanzo, Brindley Sherratt, Michelle Young, Latonia Moore, Giselle Allen, Robert Hayward, Sarah Pring, Rafael Rojas.

She works with several opera companies such as Opera North, Garsington, Clonter Opera, Hagen Theatre.