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Nicola Alaimo - Dandini
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, L’Elisir d’Amore, cond. Maurizio Benini),
Berlin (L’Elisir d’Amore) Nicola Alaimo returns to the Salzburg Festival
with one of his most beloved roles.
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 for Moïse
et Pharaon at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome and for Il MatrimonioInaspettatoby
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.
Nicola Alaimo had already starred Dandini with huge success at the Opéra National
de Paris and at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
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; 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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