Francesco Meli

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 was born in Genoa, Italy, on May 15, 1980. His first vocal lessons came relatively late, at age 17, at the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory in Genoa. Meli stayed on at the school, studying with Norma Palacios and earning a degree there. He went on for further studies with mezzo-soprano Franca Mattiucci and tenor Vittorio Terranova. Meli made his professional debut in 2002 at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto,...