Francesca Ascioti started her vocal studies with Bernardette Manca di Nissa and then specializing with Teresa Berganza. She made her debut as Quickly in Falstaff  a coproduction between the Accademia of the Teatro alla Scala and the Regio in Parma. Francesca Ascioti has taken part in the Riccardo Muti Academy, singing as Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff under the baton of Riccardo Muti. She regularly collaborates with Andrea Marcon, with whom he sang: Giunone in the Vivaldi’s Fida Ninfa in Basel and in Baden-Baden (Festspielhaus); Marzia in Vivaldi’s Catone in Utica and Euterpe in Handel’s Parnasso in Festa at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; Ozias in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans in Brussels (Bozar), London, Athens and at the Carnegie Hall in New York; Bach’s Mass in B minor on tour in Italy, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Teatro La Fenice. In the same house she also sang the demanding role of Diana in Krenek’s Cefalo e Procri.