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Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Anna Netrebko (Giovanna), Francesco Meli (Carlo VII), Carlos Álvarez (Giacomo), Michele Mauro (Delil) & Dmitry Beloselskiy (Talbot)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s production was the 2015-16 season-opener at La Scala…It’s as camp as a row of tents, but visually striking all the same…Netrebko is in magnificent voice, especially... — More…
New, Offer, Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Angela Meade (Giselda), Francesco Meli (Oronte), Alex Esposito (Pagano), Giuseppe Gipali (Arvino), Livinia Bini (Viclinda), Alexandra Zabala (Sofia), Antonio Di Matteo (Pirro), Giuseppe Capoferri (Acciano), Joshua Sanders (Prior of Milan)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio Torino, Michele Mariotti...
New, Verdi: Requiem
Dinara Alieva (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass)
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Theater Chorus, Yuri Temirkanov
Offer, In Memoriam: Lorin Maazel
Recorded at the basilica di San Marco, Venice, 16 Nov 2007
Norma Fantini (soprano), Anna Smirnova (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor) & Rafal Siwek (bass)
Symphonica Toscanini & Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lorin Maazel
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Francesco Meli (Riccardo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Renato), Kristin Lewis (Amelia), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Ulrica), Serena Gamberoni (Oscar), Filippo Polinelli (Silvano), Antonio Barbargallo (Samuel), Enrico Rinaldo (Tom)
Teatro Regio di Parma, Gianluigi Gelmetti
It's aptly cast - Francesco Meli's Riccardo with fine legato, Stoyanov an uncommonly civilised Renato whose remorse after the assassination is all the more credible, Samuel and Tom not overdone... — More…
Verdi: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano). Veronica Simeoni (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Ballett Zürich, Philharmonia Zürich, Chor und Zusatzchor der Oper Zürich, Fabio Luisi
Best of Verdi Arias
Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi
Nino Machaidze, Leo Nucci, Daniela Dessì, Marcelo Álvarez, Francesco Meli, Dimitra Theodossiou & Giacomo Prestia
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma
Verdi: I Due Foscari
Plácido Domingo (Francesco Foscari), Francesco Meli (Jacopo Foscari), Anna Pirozzi (Lucrezia Contarini), Chiara Isotton (Pisana), Andrea Concetti (Jacopo Loredano), Edoardo Milletti (Barbarigo)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Michele Mariotti, Alvis Hermanis (dir.)
Even if he still sounds like a tenor singing in his lower range rather than a true baritone, Doming’s Artistic commitment remains exceptional, and vocally this is a remarkable achievement at... — More…
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Leo Nucci (Simon Boccanegra), Robert Scandiuzzi (Jacopo Fiesco), Simone Piazzola (Paolo Albiani), Paolo Pecchioli (Pietro), Tamar Iveri (Amelia/Maria), Francesco Meli (Gabriele Adorno)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Daniele Callegari
The solo singing is adequate and often more than that and dominated by Leo Nucci’s portrayal of the eponymous role...Scandiuzzi as Boccanegra’s implacable foe, Fiesco, is sonorous and acts well...Tamar... — More…
Verdi: Requiem
Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Yuri Temirkanov
The soloists are all very satisfactory but the performance, whilst precise, is not urgent and indeed seems a bit slow. — More…