Simone Alberghini (born 16 April 1973) is an Italian operatic baritone, known especially for his interpretations of belcanto operas of Mozart and Rossini.
Career
Born in Bologna, Italy, Alberghini began singing pop music and jazz at a very young age. He then started studying operatic singing with tenor Oslavio di Credico at first, then with the pianist and conductor Leone Magiera and with the baritone Carlo Meliciani.
In 1993 he made his debut as Lorenzo in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Teatro Regio of Turin.Teatro Regio's Archives
In 1994 he won first prize at the international Operalia competition, organised by Plácido Domingo in Mexico City.operalia
Since then, he has sung in the most important theatres of the world, like La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London (Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola and Athanael in Massenet's Thaïs with Renée Fleming), the Metropolitan Opera House in New York (Dandini),Review of the 2009 production, The New York Times Teatro San Carlo in Naples, La Fenice in Venice, Liceu in Barcelona, Los Angeles Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bolshoi in Moscow and in festivals like GlyndebourneReview, The New York Times and Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
Alberghini sang under the baton of such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas, Riccardo Chailly, Maurizio Benini, Teodor Currentzis, Michele Mariotti, Alberto Zedda and in productions by directors like Jonathan Miller, Luca Ronconi, Graham Vick, Francesca Zambello, Peter Hall, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Damiano Michieletto.
Repertoire RoleTitleComposerAdelson Adelson e Salvini BelliniSir Riccardo I puritani BelliniEscamillo Carmen BizetIl Furioso Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo DonizettiSulpice La fille du régiment DonizettiBelcore L'elisir d'amore DonizettiDulcamara L'elisir d'amore DonizettiLord Enrico Ashton Lucia di Lammermoor DonizettiAthanael Thais MassenetDon Alfonso Così fan tutte MozartGuglielmo Così fan tutte MozartDon Giovanni Don Giovanni MozartLeporello Don Giovanni MozartConte Le nozze di Figaro MozartFigaro Le nozze di Figaro MozartLes Villaines Les Contes d’Hoffmann OffenbachMarcello La bohème PucciniSharpless Madama Butterfly PucciniFigaro Il barbiere di Siviglia RossiniSelim Il turco in Italia RossiniAlidoro La Cenerentola RossiniDandini La Cenerentola RossiniFernando La gazza ladra RossiniPodestà La gazza ladra RossiniMustafà L'italiana in Algeri RossiniAssur Semiramide RossiniNick Shadow The Rake's Progress StravinskyRodrigo Don Carlo VerdiConte di Luna Il trovatore VerdiGermont La traviata VerdiPaolo Simon Boccanegra Verdi
Personal life Alberghini is married to the Russian mezzo-soprano Anna Goryachova.
Discography Bellini, Adelson e Salvini – Barcellona/Scala/Muraro/Alberghini – conducted by D. Rustioni, Opera Rara Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi – Mei/Kasarova/Vargas/Alberghini/Chiummo – conducted by R. Abbado, EMI Bellini, Zaira – Hernandez/Alberghini/Malavasi/Scala – conducted by G. Sagripanti, BONGIOVANNI Giordano, Andrea Chenier – Bocelli/Urmana/Gallo/Alberghini – conducted by M. Armiliato, DECCA Martinu, Mirandolina – Bruera/Tonsini/Marabelli/Alberghini – conducted by R. Frizza, BBC Rossini, Trovando e Dorliska – Takova/Pertusi/Meli/Alberghini- conducted by Pablo Perez, DYNAMIC
DVD and Blu-ray Daugherty, Jackie O – Mc Andrew/Sorouzian/Alberghini – conducted by Franklin, DYNAMIC Donizetti, Il Furioso all’Isola di San Domingo – Alberghini/Forte/Marsiglia- conducted by G. Di Stefano, BONGIOVANNI Donizetti, Maria Stuarda – Devia/Antonacci/Meli/Alberghini – conducted by A. Fogliani, RAI TRADE Donizetti, Maria Stuarda – Piscitelli/Polverelli/De Biasio/Alberghini – conducted by R. Frizza, NAXOS Rossini, Guillaume Tell – Alaimo/Rebeka/Florez/Forsythe/Alberghini – conducted by M. Mariotti, DECCA Rossini, La Cenerentola – Garanča/Brownlee/Corbelli/Alberghini – conducted by M. Benini, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Rossini, La Cenerentola – Donose/Mironov/Di Pasquale/Alberghini – conducted by V. Jurowski, OPUS ARTE Rossini, Trovando e Dorliska – Takova/Pertusi/Meli/Praticò/Alberghini – conducted by V. Pablo Perez, DYNAMIC
References
External links
schedule, Operabase Alberghini on iTunes Discography for Naxos Discography for Dynamic Allan Kozinn, "Cenerentola, The Metropolitan Opera House, New York", The New York Times, 10 October 2005.