Mr. Meoni is particularly acclaimed in the works of Verdi, having performed leading baritone roles of the composer’s works at many of the world’s most acclaimed houses. Mr. Meoni recently sang the title roles of Simon Boccanegra with the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Nabucco with Fondazione Petruzzelli. He also sang further performances of Amonasro in Aida with Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and Fondazione Arena in Verona, Germont in La traviata with both Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and Teatro di San Carlo, Scarpia in Tosca with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and Count di Luna in Il trovatore with Opéra de Toulon. A frequent presence at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Mr. Meoni recently returned to the theater for the title role in Rigoletto, and Amonasro in Aida. He also joined Opéra national de Lorraine for the title roles in both Nabucco and Macbeth; Teatro Massimo in Palermo for Renato in Un ballo in maschera and Iago in Otello; the title role in Macbeth with both with Opera de Toulon. He has sung the title role of Nabucco at Opéra national de Lorraine, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the Arena di Verona, And Teatro di Pisa; Germont in La traviata at Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Graz, Teatro Pergolesi, La Fenice in Venice, Royal Opera House of Muscat, Geneva’s Teatro Carlo Felice, Opéra de Marseilles, Opéra de Montpellier, Bologna’s Teatro Communale, Opéra National du Rhin, and at Madrid’s Festival de Verano; and Ezio in Attila at the Fondazione Petruzzlli in Bari. He has sung Don Carlo in Ernani at the Arena di Verona and Stadttheater St. Gallen; Rodrigo in Don Carlo at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, and at the Teatro Verdi di Padova; Count di Luna in Il trovatore with the Teatro dell’Opera in Carcalla, Staatstheater Stuttgart, and Baltimore Opera; and Amonasro in Aida at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. His other performances of the composer’s works include Renato in Un ballo in maschera at the Arena di Verona and Teatro Communale in Bologna, Francesco in I masnadieri also at the Teatro Communale and Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, as well as the title role in Rigoletto at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.

Among the baritone’s other recent engagements are returns to Opéra Royal de Wallonie for Count di Luna in Il trovatore and Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, his first performances of Iago in Otello with Riccardo Muti conducting with Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the title role of Nabucco with Novaya Opera in Moscow, Germont in La traviata at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, and Don Carlo in Ernani with the Teatro Bellini in Catania. He also returned to both Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera for Amonasro in Aida and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for performances at Caracalla and the Arena di Verona for further performances of Aida, of Riccardo in I Puritani with Baltimore Opera, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Zurich Opera and at the Concergebouw in Amersterdam, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at the Staatsoper Hamburg, Graz, and with the Rome Opera at Caracalla; Chevreuse in Maria di Rohan at the Teatro La Fenice; and Valentin in Faust in Palermo.

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