Nicola Alaimo - baritone

One of the leading artists of his generation, Nicola Alaimo recently gained great success as Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Opéra National de Paris, new production by Damiano Michieletto.

A reference performer of Rossini roles, Nicola Alaimo made his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in 2010 singing La Cenerentola, returning then for Il barbiere di Siviglia (2011), Matilde di Shabran (2012), Guillaume Tell (2013), La Gazzetta and a solo recital (2015).

Mr. Alaimo has been regularly invited in prestigious theatre such as Metropolitan Opera in New York, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Opéra in Paris, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Salzburg Festival, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Teatro Real de Madrid, Opera in Rome, Teatro Regio in Turin working with conductors as Maurizio Benini, Bruno Campanella, Paolo Carignani, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Michele Mariotti, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Alberto Zedda, just to name a few.

Actually engaged at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in new production of La Cena delle Beffe, Carlo Rizzi conducting and Mario Martone directing, Nicola Alaimo’s plans include: I Puritani in Madrid with Evelino Pidò in the production signed by Emilio Sagi; La Traviata at the Covent Garden in London with Yves Abel; Simon Boccanegra (title role) in Antwerp and Luxemburg; Don Quichotte (Sancho Panza) at the Lyric Opera in Chicago; Il Trovatore and I Masnadieri in Monte Carlo; Il Turco in Italia and a Gala concert at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro; Don Pasquale in Vienna (Wiener Staatsoper); Rigoletto at the Opéra in Marseille, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting; L’Italiana in Algeri and other important future productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.