Francesca Franci

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Francesca Franci (born 1962) is an Italian operatic mezzo-soprano.

A native of Rome, Franci is the granddaughter of baritone Benvenuto Franci  [ it ] [1] and the daughter of conductor Carlo Franci  [ it ]. [2] She studied under Rodolfo Celletti [1] and Tito Gobbi, [2] and debuted in Verona, at the Teatro Filarmonico, in 1985, [1] singing the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by Gustav Mahler. [2] She has sung extensively in Italy, including at the Teatro Comunale in Genoa; the Teatro Petruzzelli, in Bari; the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, at which she was a regular performer; [1] the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma; [3] the Teatro San Carlo; the Teatro Comunale in Florence; and La Scala. [1] In 1988 she appeared in Gaetano Donizetti's Maria di Rohan at the Festival of the Valle d'Itria. [1] Internationally, she has appeared at the New Israeli Opera, [4] the Paris Opera, and in Wiesbaden, [1] and in concert with the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. [5] Roles which she has sung include Maddalena, in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto ; Rosina, in Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia ; and Suzuki, in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly . [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bagnoli, Giorgio (1993). The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera. Simon and Schuster. pp. 143–144. ISBN   978-0-671-87042-3 . Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  2. 1 2 3 Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo (2012-02-22). Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   978-3-598-44088-5 . Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Francesca Franci | Archivio Storico del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma" . Retrieved Nov 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Franci Francesca, mezzo-soprano" . Retrieved Nov 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Search result - Concert detail". archief.concertgebouworkest.nl. Retrieved Nov 21, 2025.
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