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Verdi: Ernani
Francesco Meli (Ernani), Roberto Frontali (Don Carlo), Vitalij Kowaljow (Don Ruy Gomez da Silva), María José Siri (Elvira), Xenia Tziouvaras (Giovanna), Joseph Dahdah (Don Riccardo), Davide Piva (Jago), Lorenzo Fratini, Orchestra and Chorus Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Leo Muscato, James Conlon
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Operas - Teatro Alla Scala
Teatro alla Scala, Zubin Mehta, Michele Mariotti, Ádám Fischer, Franz Welser-Möst
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Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Anna Netrebko (Anna Bolena), Elina Garanca (Giovanna Seymour), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Enrico), Francesco Meli (Percy), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Lord Rochefort), Elisabeth Kulman (Smeton), Peter Jelosits (Hervey)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Evelino Pidò
It's no accident that Netrebko's better forays into bel canto have come with Garanca by her side, inspiring her to some lovely singing. Their voices blend beautifully...I find her a welcome counterpoint... — More…
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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
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Verdi: Requiem
Dinara Alieva (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass)
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Bolshoi Theater Chorus, Yuri Temirkanov
At 81, Temirkanov secures a sensitively shaped and dignified rather than theatrical account. Tempos are steady, even at times slow…Still, the orchestral playing is often thrilling, with a particularly... — More…
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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…
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Verdi: La Traviata
Nadine Sierra (Violetta), Francesco Meli (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Giorgio Germont)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Davide Livermore
Sierra’s Violetta gives Livermore’s production a heart...there’s ravishing soft singing when Leo Nucci’s Giorgio Germont persuades her to relinquish his son (however noble a presence, Nucci is,... — More…
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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…
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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...
“Best of all is Angela Meade’s Giselda... she rips excitingly through the role’s challenges, bringing the house down with a thrilling Act II aria.” — More…
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Verdi: I Due Foscari
Plácido Domingo (Francesco Foscari), Francesco Meli (Jacopo Foscari) & Maria Agresta (Lucrezia Contarini), Maurizio Muraro (Jacopo Loredano), Samuel Sakker (Barbarigo), Rachel Kelly (Pisana), Lee Hickenbottom (Fante), Dominic Barrand (Servant)
Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal...
Domingo’s vital engagement in a role in which signs of his vocal age work to his advantage makes his central contribution a considerable achievement — More…
