Francesco Lucii

BIOGRAPHIE

 Education

•Began vocal studies at the age of 17 under the guidance of soprano Elena Bartolozzi.

•In 2016, was admitted to the Conservatory “L. Cherubini” in Florence, where he refined his skills under Ester Castriota and graduated in Vocal Studies in 2020.

•Attended masterclasses with distinguished artists such as Giulio Zappa, Donata D’Annunzio Lombardi, Alex Esposito, Alessandro Corbelli, Mariella Devia, Massimo Iannone, Brigitte Fassbaender, and Roberto Frontali.

Future Engagements

2024

•December: Grimoaldo in Rodelinda, at the Kiel Opera House (December 2024 – February 2025).

2025

•March – June: Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale at the Kiel Opera House.

Past Debuts and Productions

2024

•Fenton in Falstaff at the Theater Kiel (December 2023 – March 2024).

•Lippo Fiorentino in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene at the Opéra National de Paris (April).

•Edoardo in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio and cover for Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at the Bregenz Festival (August).

•Guglielmo in Rossini’s Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo (October).

2023

•Fenton in Falstaff at the Theater Kiel (December 2023 – March 2024).

•Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the theaters of Como, Pavia, Cremona, and Brescia (Autumn).

•Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, and Bastiano in Bastiano e Bastiana at the Teatro Regio di Torino (January).

•Participated in the Rossini Festival in Wildbad, performing in Gli Arabi nelle Gallie, Il Signor Bruschino, and a reduced version of Il barbiere di Siviglia (Summer).

2022

•Prince of Persia in Puccini’s Turandot (conducted by Michele Gamba) and Gobin in La Rondine (conducted by Robert Trevino) at the Puccini Academy in Torre del Lago (June).

•Marchese Enrico in Donizetti’s L’Ajo nell’imbarazzo at the Donizetti Festival, directed by Francesco Micheli (November).

2021

•Giullare in Paolo e Francesca by L. Mancinelli at the Teatro Mancinelli, conducted by Marcello Panni.

2018

•Franco in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s L’importanza di chiamarsi Franco at the Teatro Goldoni in Florence, with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

•Participated in concerts for the Caruso Association in Florence, including one dedicated to Mariella Devia.

2016

•Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the EuropainCanto Association, with debuts at the Teatro Argentina in Rome and a tour at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo.

Academies

2022

•Belcanto Academy “Rodolfo Celletti” (April).

•Puccini Academy in Torre del Lago (June).

•Donizetti Workshop in Bergamo (October).

2023

•Member of the Regio Ensemble in Turin (January – July).

•Rossini Academy in Wildbad (July – August).