Giovanni Meoni
Giovanni Meoni (* 1964 in Genzano di Roma ) is an Italian opera singer ( baritone ).
biography
Meoni began studying singing at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome . He later studied with M ° Leodino Ferri (student of Arturo Melocchi), whose teaching was of crucial importance for his vocal training. In 1991 Meoni made his debut in La Bohème (Marcello) at the Teatro Flavio Vespasiano ( Rieti ). Between 1991 and 1993 he won the first prizes in national and international competitions: Battistini 1991, Ricciarelli 1992, Basiola 1993 (first prize and best baritone).
Meoni, an important interpreter of the Italian operatic tradition, distinguished himself in the first years of his career as a specialist in the belcantor repertoire ( Bellini , Donizetti ) and consequently devoted himself to the operas of Verdi . Ultimately, this turned out to be Meoni's optimal and most natural focus: here the singer achieves his maximum expressiveness, especially in the roles of the noble baritone ("baritono nobile"), characterized by the finest phrasing and a significant scenic presence.
Artistic activity
Giovanni Meoni has sung on the most important stages in the world, at the Metropolitan Opera ( New York ), at the Vienna State Opera , at the Bavarian State Opera ( Munich ), at the Hamburg State Opera , at the Deutsche Oper Berlin , at the Zurich Opera House , at the Gran Teatre del Liceu ( Barcelona ), at the Stuttgart State Opera , at the Teatro dell'Opera ( Rome ), at the Teatro San Carlo ( Naples ), at the Teatro Regio ( Turin ), at the Teatro Comunale ( Bologna ), at the Teatro La Fenice ( Venice ) , at the Teatro Comunale ( Florence ), at the Teatro Massimo (Palermo) , at the Teatro Carlo Felice ( Genoa ), in the Arena of Verona , at the Teatro Regio di Parma , at the Festival in the Arena Sferisterio in Macerata , at the Bolshoi Theater ( Moscow ) and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie .
He is also active as a concert singer, has appeared in renowned concert halls and institutions such as Carnegie Hall (New York), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) , the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( Rome ), the Munich Philharmonic .
Meoni held u. a. Recitals in Milan , New York, London , Brussels , Paris , Madrid , Hong Kong , Bucharest and Sofia .
Giovanni Meoni has also worked with important orchestral conductors such as Riccardo Muti , Zubin Mehta , Myung-Whun Chung , Daniele Gatti , Daniel Oren , Pinchas Steinberg , Gianandrea Noseda , Gianluigi Gelmetti , Bruno Campanella, Alain Lombard , Nello Santi , Donato Renzetti, Paolo Arrivabeni , Renato Palumbo and worked with well-known directors such as Franco Zeffirelli , Hugo De Ana, Pier Luigi Pizzi , Robert Carsen , Jonathan Miller , Giuliano Montaldo , Ferzan Özpetek , Beni Montresor , Alberto Fassini, Gianfranco De Bosio , Renzo Giacchieri, Henning Brockhaus .
Meoni has received important prizes and recognitions, such as the " Lauri-Volpi " and the " Ettore Bastianini " awards.
Role repertoire
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Giovanni Meoni - Entry in the Enciclopedia Treccani (treccani.it)
- ↑ Metropolitan Opera ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Vienna State Opera: Giovanni Meoni ( Memento from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Meoni, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genzano di Roma |