Nicola Alaimo
Still a teenager he won the Giuseppe Di Stefano competition in Trapani, debuting in the role of Dandini in La Cenerentola. A versatile artist, he was chosen by Riccardo Muti for the title role of Don Pasquale in Ravenna Festival and on tour in Europe and Russia, and invited him also for Moïse et Pharaon at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and for Il Matrimonio Inaspettato by Cimarosa in Pisa and Ravenna. He made his debut in the U.S.A. in Simon Boccanegra (Paolo Albiani) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and James Levine, title that marked also his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Other debuts include: Poliuto at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Simon Boccanegra and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, La Traviata in Rome directed by Franco Zeffirelli. He made his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival as Dandini in La Cenerentola.
Forthcoming engagements include: La Cenerentola at the Opéra National de Paris; Falstaff (Sir John Falstaff) at the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon; Stiffelio (Stankar) at the Opera de Montecarlo; Guillaume Tell (title role) at the Nederlands Opera in Amsterdam; L’Elisir d’amore in Vienna and Messina; Luisa Miller at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
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