Salci was born in San Secondo Parmense in 1975. He studied at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma with soprano Luchetta Bizzi and at the Rossini Academy with Alberto Zedda.
Salci made his debut in 1997 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Rossini's "La scala di seta" and worked there for several consecutive years. In 2000, he won first prize at the Viotti Festival in Vercelli, which had not been awarded for 25 years. The jury included Joan Sutherland and Paolo Montarsolo. Thanks to this competition, Plácido Domingo invited Salci to Washington to sing "The Marriage of Figaro".
That same year, he appeared as Leporello in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Bassano Festival, as Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte" at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and in Bologna, and as Antonio in Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims". Later, he performed the title role in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" in Naples.
Salci gained international critical acclaim in April 2015 when he unexpectedly appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in a matinee performance of Verdi's "Ernani", replacing Plácido Domingo at the last moment ("As luck would have it, Domingo's costume size fit me exactly," Salci recounted), and then performed that same evening in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" as originally scheduled.
Salci is especially renowned for his Verdi roles.
Salci made his debut in 1997 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Rossini's "La scala di seta" and worked there for several consecutive years. In 2000, he won first prize at the Viotti Festival in Vercelli, which had not been awarded for 25 years. The jury included Joan Sutherland and Paolo Montarsolo. Thanks to this competition, Plácido Domingo invited Salci to Washington to sing "The Marriage of Figaro".
That same year, he appeared as Leporello in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Bassano Festival, as Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte" at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and in Bologna, and as Antonio in Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims". Later, he performed the title role in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" in Naples.
Salci gained international critical acclaim in April 2015 when he unexpectedly appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in a matinee performance of Verdi's "Ernani", replacing Plácido Domingo at the last moment ("As luck would have it, Domingo's costume size fit me exactly," Salci recounted), and then performed that same evening in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" as originally scheduled.
Salci is especially renowned for his Verdi roles.
