Italian tenor Francesco Meli makes his LA Opera debut. Recent appearances include debuts at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, a return to the Met as Alfredo in La Traviata, appearances in Idomeneo, Don Giovanni, Maria Stuarda and Der Rosenkavalier at La Scala, Anna Bolena and Simon Boccanegra at the Vienna State Opera, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera in Parma, and Manrico in Il Trovatore at the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice.