Lucia Rizzi graduated in Vocal Studies from the “G. Verdi” Conservatory of Music in Turin. Alongside her musical education, she pursued her passion for art, earning a degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin.

She made her professional debut at the season opening of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, conducted by Vladimir Delman. This was followed by recordings of Tancredi and L'italiana in Algeri with the Cappella Coloniensis and WDR Köln, performing alongside Fiorenza Cossotto and Lucia Valentini Terrani under the direction of Gabriele Ferro. Her unique vocal range and timbre have allowed her to master both the soprano and contralto repertoires, spanning from opera to chamber music.

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She has been a guest at the most prestigious Italian and international opera houses, including: Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Idomeneo, Lo frate 'nnamorato, Parsifal, L'incoronazione di Poppea); La Fenice in Venice (Anacréon ou l'Amour fugitif); Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Boris Godunov, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District); Opernhaus Zürich (Cenerentola, Tancredi); Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin (Tancredi); Opernhaus Bonn (Il maestro di musica); Teatro Regio in Parma (Luisa Miller, Boris Godunov); Teatro Regio in Turin (Die Walküre, Cavalleria rusticana, Tancredi); Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona (Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio); the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, the Teatri Comunali of Modena and Ferrara (Cenerentola, La pietra del paragone, Così fan tutte, Falstaff); Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Le rossignol, Cendrillon); Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (Farnace, Die Walküre); and the Aldeburgh Festival (La pietra del paragone, Falstaff). As a soprano, her roles include the title roles in Norma at the Teatro Regio in Turin and Manon Lescaut at the Teatro Bellini in Catania, as well as Lucrezia Contarini in I due Foscari and Odabella in Verdi’s Attila at the Teatro Comunale and the Auditorium in Piacenza.

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She has been a frequent guest of leading Italian and international concert societies and institutions, including: Filarmonica della Scala (Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung); Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht); Teatro Regio in Turin (De Falla’s Atlántida); Teatro Carlo Felice di Genoa (Tchaikovsky’s Moscow Cantata, Italian premiere); VTR Volgograd (Respighi’s Il tramonto); the Aldeburgh Festival of Music (Stravinsky’s Pulcinella); and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Vivaldi’s Gloria).

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Her extensive activity further includes performances for Serate Musicali in Milan with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto (arias from Idomeneo and Alceste); the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento (Rossini/Sciarrino’s Giovanna d'Arco, Rossini/Corghi’s Suite Dodo); and the RAI Auditoriums in Turin and Rome (Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Mahler’s Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, broadcast live). She has also appeared for Teatro La Fenice (Ferrandini’s cantatas Il pianto di Maria and Liebste Mutter, Mozart’s Ombra felice!); Teatro Bellini in Catania and the Monreale Cathedral (Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle); Palazzo Labia in Venice (Brahms’ Liebeslieder-Walzer, televised recording); with I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan (De Falla/Berio’s Siete canciones populares españolas, Schönberg’s Lied der Waldtaube from Gurre-Lieder). Notable engagements also took her to the Sanremo Opera House (Mozart's Requiem, alto) and to Vicenza with the OPV (Mozart's Requiem, soprano); the RTS Auditorium in Lugano; the Sarajevo National Theatre and Philharmonic Orchestra (arias by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and Strauss); the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo with the OPV (arias from Anna Bolena, Alceste, and Armida); the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Graz (Mendelssohn’s Elias); the Teatro Verdi in Pisa (Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody); and the Orchestra della Toscana (Maderna’s Alba).

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Lucia Rizzi was among the first Italian lyric artists to perform numerous recitals dedicated to German, Italian, and French chamber vocal music at prestigious concert venues. She performed the Zigeunerlieder cycles by Brahms and Dvořák with pianist Alessandro Specchi for the Unione Musicale in Turin, the Società dei Concerti in Trieste, the Amici della Musica in Palermo, the Associazione Scarlatti in Naples, and the Società Etnea in Catania.

Furthermore, she has given numerous concerts with pianist Riccardo Zadra, performing works by Berg, Britten, Busoni, Liszt, Schubert, Wolf, Mariani, Rossini, and Verdi for: the Amici della Musica in Padua (Sala Pollini), the Accademia di Francia -Villa Medici in Rome, the Società Umanitaria in Milan, the Auditorium del Carmine in Parma, the Auditorium Pedrollo in Vicenza, the Teatro Ristori in Verona, and Musica Insieme in Bologna.

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At the Sala Mozart of the Regia Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, she presented a recital dedicated to Rossini as part of the Rossini anniversary celebrations, followed by a concert featuring chamber arias by Mariani and Verdi, and Tosti's Quattro canzoni d'Amaranta.

Additionally, at the Teatro Bellini in Catania, she performed L'oceano di silenzio alongside Franco Battiato for the Christmas Concert, which was broadcast live by RAI.

Her career is distinguished by several world premieres, most notably Luciano Berio’s orchestral transcription of De Falla’s Siete canciones populares españolas. Other significant premieres include the opera Gradus by Alessandro Lucchetti at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo, Alberto Colla’s Le Dormeur du Val, and, at the Sale Apollinee of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, L’Azur (Mallarmé cycle) by Letizia Michielon.

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Lucia Rizzi was the first Italian artist to be invited to give masterclasses at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing. She has also been a guest at the prestigious Central Academy of Drama (CAD) in Beijing, the Shenyang Conservatory, and Showa University in Tokyo (at the Villa Chiericati campus).

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In 2022, she was awarded the “Marietta Alboni Contr'alto di Donna” Award at the Teatro Bonci in Cesena, in recognition of her remarkable vocal range and distinguished repertoire.

At the “La Voce Artistica” international conference in Forte dei Marmi, she was a featured speaker on the topic Acting in Singing: Voice, Recitative, and Lied,  and performed a recital dedicated to the chamber lyrics of Giacomo Puccini.

For the Conservatory of Parma, she organized conferences dedicated to Angelo Mariani (as part of the Festival Verdi) and Guido Alberto Fano. Furthermore, she curated and organized the conference dedicated to the opera Pier Luigi Farnese on behalf of the Fondazione di Piacenza.

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Throughout her career, she has performed under the direction of such esteemed conductors as:

Yuri Ahronovitch, Spiros Argiris, Antonio Ballista, Serge Baudo, Semyon Bychkov, Piero Bellugi, Aldo Bennici, Bruno Campanella, Myung-Whun Chung, Massimo de Bernart, Vladimir Delman, Claudio Desderi, Gabriele Ferro, Adam Fischer, Patrick Fournillier, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Marco Guidarini, Cristóbal Halffter, Alain Lombard, Fabio Luisi, Nicola Luisotti, Peter Maag, Shlomo Mintz, Riccardo Muti, Anton Nanut, Zoltán Peskó, Stefan Anton Reck, Peter Schneider, Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Šutej, Giampiero Taverna, Christian Thielemann, and Yuri Temirkanov.

She has also collaborated with renowned directors, including: Silvano Bussotti, Robert Carsen, Marco Carniti, Cesare Lievi, Gianfranco de Bosio, Gilbert Deflo, Hugo De Ana, Piero Faggioni, Alberto Fassini, Christian Gangneron, Pier Luigi Pizzi, and Franco Zeffirelli.

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Her career and vocal interpretations have been reviewed by such distinguished critics as: Marco Beghelli, Francesco Bussi, Alberto Cantù, Giordano Cavagnino, Francesco Degrada, Michael Eidenbenz, Elena Formica, H. Garzaner, Francesco Giambrone, Giorgio Gori, Hans-Jörg Jena, Giancarlo Landini, Claudia Mambelli, Massimo Mila, Piero Mioli, Leonardo Pinzauti, Mya Tannenbaum, Gianni Villani, Dino Villatico, and Michelangelo Zurletti.