Francesca Franci

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

A native of Rome, Franci is the granddaughter of baritone Benvenuto Franci[1] and the daughter of conductor Carlo Franci.[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. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b c 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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