Simone Alberghini - Enrico VIII
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 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
recently performed: Guillaume Tell at the Rossini Opera Festival then on
tour at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Mariotti conducting and Vick directing;
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;
Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore in Washington; Mozart Requiem in Turin
with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai.
Mr. 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: La Bohème in
Tenerife and Palermo; Les Contes d’Hoffmann in Toulon, in Piacenza and on
tour in Modena and Reggio Emilia; La Cenerentola in Washington.
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