Simone Alberghini - Belcore
Italian bass-baritone Simone Alberghini, the 1994 Operalia Grand Prize winner,
has appeared in opera houses at the highest level world-wide since the beginning
of his career. Simone Alberghini regularly collaborates with internationally
renowned conductors as Riccardo Muti, Alberto Zedda, Vladimir Jurowsky, Riccardo
Chailly, Zubin Mehta, Andrew Davis, Gianandrea Noseda, Seiji Osawa, Maurizio
Benini, Michele Mariotti, Renato Palumbo, Emmanuel Villaume, Nicola Luisotti,
Eduardo Muller and Teodor Currenzis.
Recent engagements include:Semiramide (Assur)at the Teatro San Carlo in
Naples; Don Giovanni in Frankfurt and at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice; Le
Nozze di Figaro as Figaro in
Denver and as Conte d’Almaviva at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna; Zaira (Orosmane)
at the Martina Franca Festival; L’Elisir d’Amore at the Liceu in
Barcelona; La Bohème (Marcello) and L’Elisir d’Amore at the Teatro
Regio in Turin; Carmen at the Zurich Opera. Among his recitals with
orchestra it is worth mentioning Verdi’s Requiem with the Royal
Philarmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden under M. Sinopoli and with the
orchestra Verdi of Milan under M.Chailly, under whom he sang Pulcinella in
Leipzig with the prestigious Gewandhausorchester. Simone Alberghini returned to
the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro where he performed in Gullaume Tell,
Michele Mariotti conducting and Graham Vick directing. Mr Alberghini
performed Cardenio in Il Furioso all’Isola di San Domingo at the
Donizetti Musica Festival in Bergamo then on tour in Savona, Modena, Ravenna and
Piacenza.
Simone Alberghini
starred in La Cenerentola for the opera movie directed by Carlo
Verdone, conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti and producted by Rada Film.
Future plans
include: Così Fan Tutte at
the Teatro Comunale in Bologna (Mariotti/Martone); Anna Bolena in Moscow and he
will return to Washington starring in La Cenerentola.
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