- Xenia Tziouvaras, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, María José Siri, Davide Piva, Vitalij Kowaljow, Roberto Frontali, Joseph Dahdah, James Conlon, Francesco Meli
- Nadine Sierra, Leo Nucci, Francesco Meli, Zubin Mehta, Caterina Meldolesi, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Francesco Meli, Bruno de Simone, Rinat Shaham, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Antonino Fogliani, Roberto Frontali
- Alex Esposito, Giuseppe Gipali, Teatro Regio Orchestra, Angela Meade, Francesco Meli, Michele Mariotti
- Vladimir Stoyanov, Kristin Lewis, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Serena Gamberoni, Francesco Meli, Gianluigi Gelmetti
Francesco Meli
Biography
Tenor Francesco Meli has appeared in top houses around Italy, Western Europe, and the U.S. His specialties lie squarely in the tradition of Italian Romantic opera. Meli made his professional debut in 2002 at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Soon after that, he made his debut at Milan's La Scala opera house under conductor Riccardo Muti in Poulenc's Les Dialogues des Carmelites. Meli made his recording debut in 2007, appearing opposite soprano Natalie Dessay in a performance of Bellini's La sonnambula. Verdi's operas have made up a substantial part of his repertory. Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca has been another specialty; he sang that role opposite Anna Netrebko's Tosca and also on tour in Japan in 2021. Meli was heard on a 2022 live recording with the Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Verdi's Ernani that was issued in 2024.