 In 1995, he auditioned successfully for the position of leader at "Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice" in Venice.In 1998, participating in an international competition, he was chosen by Riccardo Muti as Konzertmeister for both the "Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala" and Filarmonica della Scala.Francesco De Angelis has collaborated with the greatest conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Gary Bertini, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-whun Chung, Colin Davis, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Charles Dutoit, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Valery Gergiev, Carlo Maria Giulini, Paavo Järvi, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Georges Prêtre, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Georg Solti, Jeffrey Tate and Yuri Temirkanov.