Giovanni Meoni

Giovanni Meoni is an Italian operatic baritone.

Meoni began his studies at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Following the teaching of Master Leodino Ferri (a pupil of Arturo Melocchi), that will be crucial and decisive for his artistic training, he made his debut in 1991 in La Bohème (Marcello) at the Teatro Flavio Vespasiano of Rieti. From 1991 to 1993 he was awarded important national and international awards in competition including the Mattia Battistini (1991), and first place and best baritone in the Mario Basiola (1993).

An important interpreter of the Italian operatic tradition, the early years of his career were in the bel canto repertoire of Bellini and Donizetti. Later on in his career he excelled in the "noble baritone" roles of Verdi, where the voice finds its natural place and reaches its maximum expression with refined phrasing and a significant presence.

He has sung on the major stages of the world including the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Vienna State Opera, Liceu in Barcelona, Houston Grand Opera, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Opera of Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Turin, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio (Parma) in Parma, Sferisterio di Macerata, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zürich Opera House.