Woman of letters and soprano, Clara Inglese performs on many European stages, from Belgium to Italy (her country of origins), via France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Her career, both on stage and on record, has focused on the art of melody and contemporary music. Released by Cypres in March 2019, her first album, “Ophelia, songs of exile”, has been acclaimed by the national and international press. Intelligence of purpose, delicacy of song, magic of poetry... Clara Inglese offers a rare, timeless record, drawing on the Shakespearean myth of the elusive Ophelia (SR, Larsen). She has also made a name for herself in the Lieder repertoire with her second album, “Neuer Frühling”, released on the Soond label in 2023. This new album by soprano Clara Inglese and the Quatuor Amôn highlights words and notes, with poetry and contemporary Belgian music as common threads. [...] Throughout this program, we must salute the soprano's commitment [...] who makes words vibrate with an exactness of tone and an ideal musicality, never overplayed. (P.-J. T, Crescendo Magazine)
Clara Inglese first obtained a Licence and Agrégation in Romance languages and literature at the Catholic University of Louvain. Parallel to her vocation as a French teacher, which she taught in secondary schools for three years, she entered the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she completed a Bachelor's degree in opera singing. She then began a Master's degree at the Maastricht Conservatory (Erasmus), graduating at the Institut de Musique et de Pédagogie. Encouraged by the great Italian soprano Renata Scotto during her stay in Rome at the prestigious Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Opera Studio) and by the renowned soprano Luciana Serra during masterclasses at the Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and Arte del Belcanto in Lugano, Clara Inglese is now honing her skills with Maestro Aleksandr Maslenikov-Swistounoff at the Centre Lyrique Giacomo Puccini in Brussels. There, she prepared for major roles in the operatic repertoire, such as Mimi in “La Bohème” (Puccini) and Desdemona in “Otello” (Verdi).
With her versatile background and insatiable taste for the voice and letters, Clara Inglese is committed to the development of the Association Lettres en Voix, which she co-created in 2014, and whose aim is to link vocal art and literature in creative activities, workshops and conferences around the voice. Since 2015, she has participated annually in World Voice Day, which the Association Lettres en Voix relays in French-speaking Belgium through awareness-raising actions (voice management and prevention) and cultural events (concerts, public readings, radio creations, etc.). In 2024, Clara Inglese and Estelle Mathey (PhD in languages and literature) launch the La Vocalité podcast, available on the main listening platforms. In 2025, her first book of poetry, “Linea alba” (published by Le Chat polaire), was launched at the Brussels Book Fair. Through her writing, she adds her voice to the burgeoning literature on motherhood, looking back on her own journey through childbirth.
In addition to training in the Estill Voice Training® (EFP) model, Clara Inglese recently graduated with a Master's degree in Language Sciences (UMons). She has taught diction and speech therapy and specialized singing methodology at ARTS² (Conservatoire Royal de Mons), and currently teaches French diction at the Koninklijck Conservatorium Brussel. She is also regularly called upon to provide training in vocal practice (pedagogical, therapeutic, artistic) in various professional contexts, both private and corporate, where the voice is a precious working tool. Last but not least, Clara Inglese has created her own singing and vocal coaching class at the Atelier Lettres en Voix. Here, with passion and great care, she develops personalized teaching for each voice that presents itself to her, whatever its personal or professional intentions.