Fabrizio Della Seta graduated with Nino Pirrotta at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1975. He was Associate Professor at the University of Siena and Professor at the University of Pavia, earning Emeritus status in 2022. Della Seta has co-edited numerous volumes, including Edizione critica delle opere di Vincenzo Bellini (Ricordi), and is a member of the Editorial Board of The Works of Giuseppe Verdi (University of Chicago Press, Ricordi). He has taught in the Italian State Conservatories. In 2012, he was Chair of the Programme Committee of the 14th Congress of the International Musicological Society, held in Rome.