Nicola Alaimo - Raimbaud*

Following recent critically-acclaimed performances at the Salzburg Festival (Dandini, La Cenerentola), at the Rossini Opera Festival, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie Brussels, at the Concertgebow in Amsterdam (Guillaume Tell - title role), at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Don Pasquale - title role), at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome (Attila, Ezio, cond. Riccardo Muti and Don Pasquale, cond. Bruno Campanella), in London (Belisario - title role, recorded by Opera Rara) at the Opéra de Paris (La Cenerentola - Dandini, La Forza del Destino - Fra Melitone), at the Teatro Real de Madrid (Don Pasquale, cond. Riccardo Muti), Teatro Regio in Turin (Traviata, Giorgio Gérmont), at the Opéra de Monte Carlo (Stiffelio, Stankar, cond. Maurizio Benini), at the Metropolitan Opera (Falstaff, cond. James Levine, L’Elisir d’Amore, cond. Maurizio Benini), in Berlin (L’Elisir d’Amore) Nicola Alaimo adds another important role to his repertoire, singing in the humorous opera by Gioachino Rossini.

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 Matrimonio Inaspettato by 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; 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; Guillaume Tell on tour with the Opéra de Monte Carlo in Paris. Mr. Alaimo will also star in Zaza concert and recording for Opera Rara in London and in other important future productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

*Role debut