Giovanni Meoni [SEP] voice type
Giovanni Meoni
Giovanni Meoni is an Italian operatic baritone.
Biography.
Meoni began his studies at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Following the teaching of Master Leodino Ferri (a pupil of Arturo Melocchi), that will be crucial and decisive for his artistic training, he made his debut in 1991 in "La Bohème" (Marcello) at the Teatro Flavio Vespasiano of Rieti. From 1991 to 1993 he was awarded important national and international awards in competition including the Mattia Battistini (1991), and first
. Ildar Abdrazakov sang the title role, with Violeta Urmana as Odabella, Ramón Vargas as Foresto, Giovanni Meoni as Ezio, and Samuel Ramey as Leone. Miuccia Prada and the architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated on costumes and sets. It was presented in September 2011 as part of the Washington Concert Opera's 2011/12 season and was staged by San Francisco Opera in June 2012 in a co-production with La Scala; Ferruccio Furlanetto sang the title role in San Francisco, while Orlin Anastassov sang the role in Milan when the