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Nicola Alaimo - Dottor Dulcamara
Following recent critically-acclaimed performances at the Rossini Opera
Festival, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, at the Concertgeow in Amsterdam
(Guillaume Tell- title role), the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Don Pasquale-
title role), Teatro dell’ Opera in Rome (Attila, Ezio, cond.
Riccardo Muti and Don Pasquale, cond. Bruno Campanella), London (Belisario-
title role, recorded by Opera Rara) Opéra de Paris (La Cenerentola,
Dandini-La Forza del Destino, Fra Melitone), Teatro Real de Madrid
(Don Pasquale, cond. Riccardo Muti), Teatro Regio in Turin (Traviata,
Giorgio Gérmont), Opéra de Monte Carlo (Stiffelio, Stankar, cond.
Maurizio Benini), Metropolitan Opera (Falstaff, cond. James Levine and L’Elisir d’Amore, cond.
Maurizio Benini), Nicola Alaimo returns to one of his main role for his debut in
Berlin.
Still a teenager Nicola Alaimo 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, then invited him also forMoïse
et Pharaon at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and for Il Matrimonio Inaspettatoby
Paisiello in Pisa and Ravenna. Mr. Alaimo 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, L’Elisir d’Amore in
Vienna.
Future plans include: Falstaff
in Marseille, Ravenna (and on tour in Italy); Luisa Miller in Liège; Le
Nozze di Figaro in Los Angeles; Simon Boccanegra (Paolo) at the Gran
Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona opposite Placido Domingo in the title role; L'Elisir
d'Amore as Dottor Dulcamara in Naples; La Cenerentola under the baton
of Jean-Christophe Spinosi at the Salzburg Festival; Le Comte Ory (Raimbaud)
and Falstaff at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Don Quichotte at
the Lyric Opera in Chicago, Yannis Kokkos directing; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in
Paris; Il Trovatore and Guillaume
Tell in Monte Carlo. Mr. Alaimo
will also star in other important future productions at the Metropolitan Opera
in New York.
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