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Francesco Meli

FRANCESCO MELI was born in 1980 in Genoa and studied Vocal Studies at the local Music College in his home town. He made his debut in 2002 at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. The young tenor received invitations from Lisbon, Bologna, La Scala Mailand, the New York Met, Genoa, Florence, the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Zurich Opera, Paris, Lyon, Bilbao, Turin, London, Valencia, Madrid and Verona. Roles he has played include Edmondo (Manon Lescaut), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Elvino (La sonnambula), Jaquino (Fidelio), Duca (Rigoletto), Alfredo (La traviata), Contareno (Bianca e Falliero), Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles), Chevalier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Torvaldo (Torvaldo e Dorliska), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Idomeneo, Werther and Arbace (Idomeneo), Fenton (Falstaff) as well as Argirio (Tancredi). Conductors he has worked with include Riccardo Muti and Lorin Maazel. He gave his debut performance with the Vienna State Opera in 2008 as Ferrando has also sung the roles of Riccardo Percy (Anna Bolena) and Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra).

Performances with Francesco Meli

Saison 2025-26
Number of events listed below: 1
Tue
21 Apr
19:30—22:30
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn, Attila Mokus, Francesco Meli, Federica Lombardi, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Simon Boccanegra

Cast on Tuesday 21. April 2026

Simon Boccanegra

Gabriele Adorno

Francesco Meli * *instead of Joshua Guerrero

Hauptmann

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Peter Stein

Bühne

Stefan Mayer

Kostüme

Moidele Bickel
Abo 1

Ticket information

Ei­nen Wo­chen­tag und Lieb­lings­plät­ze wäh­len und fünf Vor­stel­lun­gen in ei­ner Sai­son ge­nie­ßen.

In die­sem Abo sind fol­gen­de Vor­stel­lun­gen ent­hal­ten:

30. September 2025Fin de partie
30. Dezember 2025Fidelio
24. März 2026La Clemenza di Tito
21. April 2026Simon Boccanegra
02. Juni 2026Manon (Ballett)
06. Oktober 2026Eine florentinische Tragödie/Herzog Blaubarts Burg
03. November 2026L'Orfeo
29. Dezember 2026La Damnation de Faust
30. März 2027Visionary Dances
15. Juni 2027I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Fri
24 Apr
19:00—22:00
Giuseppe Verdi
Oper Main Stage

with Ludovic Tézier, Kwangchul Youn, Attila Mokus, Francesco Meli, Federica Lombardi, Conductor: Marco Armiliato

Simon Boccanegra

Cast on Friday 24. April 2026

Simon Boccanegra

Gabriele Adorno

Francesco Meli * *instead of Joshua Guerrero

Hauptmann

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Peter Stein

Bühne

Stefan Mayer

Kostüme

Moidele Bickel
Abo 5

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

12. September 2025Die Zauberflöte
05. Dezember 2025Madama Butterfly
30. Jänner 2026Jewels (Ballett)
20. Februar 2026Le grand macabre
24. April 2026Simon Boccanegra
11. September 2026Adriana Lecouvreur
23. Oktober 2026Die Entführung aus dem Serail
04. Dezember 2026Onegin
30. April 2027Carmen
18. Juni 2027Andrea Chénier

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