Francesco Samuele Venuti

Born in Galatina (Lecce) in 1996. He began studying the piano at the age of six and continued his musical career with the study of opera singing at sixteen.

After graduating from High School he moved to Florence, where he attended the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Opera Singing in 2018 and the Master's Degree in 2020. ,

At the age of twenty he held the role of Impresario in the opera "Le Convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali" by Donizetti conducted by M° Paolo Ponziano Ciardi at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In 2017 he was Il Conte in "Il mondo alla rovescia" by Antonio Salieri, directed by M° Roland Böer at the Teatro Poliziano in Montepulciano. In July 2018 he sang the Poet in the opera "L'impresario in angustie" by Domenico Cimarosa, conducted by M° Roland Böer at the Teatro Poliziano in Montepulciano.

He joined the Academy for young opera singers "Opera (e)Studio 2018" of the Auditorio de Tenerife, culminating in the representation of the opera “L'italiana in Algeri” by G. Rossini conducted by M° Nikolas Nägele, in which he played the role of Haly. Finalist of the XV edition of the Opera Competition "Flaviano Labò" and winner of a special prize. In July 2019 replicates the production of "L'italiana in Algeri” at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In the same year he played the role of the Barone in the opera "La traviata" conducted by M° Alessandro Palumbo at the Opera de Tenerife.

For two years he was enrolled in the Young Artists Program of the Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

He joined courses held by Alessandro Corbelli, Mariella Devia, Luca Salsi, Eva Mei, Jessica Pratt, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Bruno De Simone, Michele Pertusi, Giacomo Prestia, Roberto De Fabris, Michele Errico, Carmen Santoro, Richard Barker, Matteo Pais, Giulio Zappa, Michele D’Elia.

He played the role of the Barone in "La traviata" at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in the productions of July and September 2019 both directed by M° Sebastiano Rolli. He played the role of "Morales" in Carmen conducted by M° Sesto Quatrini at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He was "Betto di Signa" in "Gianni Schicchi" in Puccini's Trittico conducted by M° Valerio Galli at the same theater.

He played the role of "Alcindoro" in "La bohème" conducted by M° Francesco Ivan Ciampa always at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In the first months of 2020 he held the role of Notaio in "Don Pasquale" directed by M° Antonino Fogliani, again the Baron in "La traviata" and debuted in the role of Dulcamara in "L'elisir d'amore per bambini", an abridged version of Donizetti's famous opera, all at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

At the reopening of the theater after the long closure caused by the pandemic he again played the role of Barone Duphol in concert with the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by M°Carlo Rizzi and alongside famous artists such as Leo Nucci, Francesco Demuro e Sonya Yoncheva. He participated, in therole of the Araldo, in the "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi, triple debut of great performers such as Fabio Sartori, Luca Salsi and Marina Rebeka. All under the masterful direction of M° Zubin Mehta.

In March he was Marullo in "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi with the staging of Davide Livermore and the direction of M° Riccardo Frizza, he had the honor of sharing the stage with great artists such as Leo Nucci and Javier Camarena.

He took part as an effective student at the Accademia Rossiniana "Alberto Zedda" 2021 of the Teatro Rossini in Pesaro where he played the roles of Don Profondo and Barone di Trombonok in “Il viaggio a Reims” by G. Rossini. ,

He sang the role of the Baron in "La traviata" in the great production directed by M° Zubin Metha in the staging of Davide Livermore and alongside famous artists: Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Nadine Sierra e Francesco Meli. He played the role of the Commissario Imperiale in "Madama Butterfly" directed by M° Francesco Ivan Ciampa in the staging of Chiara Muti. ,

Finalist and Eligible of the 73rd ASLICO Competition. He joined the production of "L'amico Fritz", in the role of Hanezó, directed by M° Riccardo Frizza in the staging of Rosetta Cucchi at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

He attended asan actual student the Accademia del Belcanto "Rodolfo Celletti" inMartina Franca.

He played the role of Paris in Gounod's opera "Romeo et Juliette" at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

In July 2022 he was the Cover of the role of Raimbaud in "Le Comte Ory" by G. Rossini at the Rossini Opera Festival.

He made his debuted in the role of Don Giovanni in "Don Giovanni" by W. A. Mozart at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza on the Festival Vicenza in Lirica.