Simone Alberghini

Simone Alberghini (born 16 April 1973) is an Italian operatic baritone, known especially for his interpretations of belcanto operas of Mozart and Rossini.

Simone Alberghini
Alberghini (right) with Plácido Domingo after a performance of Alfano's Cyrano at Teatro La Scala, Milan, 2008
Born (1973-04-16) 16 April 1973
Bologna, Italy
OccupationOpera singer, baritone
Years active1993–present
Spouse(s)Anna Goryachova
ChildrenAndrea Alberghini (born 2010)
Valentina Alberghini (born 2016)
Websitewww.simonealberghini.com

Career

Born in Bologna, Italy, Alberghini began singing at a very young age pop music and jazz. He started then 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.[1]

In 1994 he won the first price at the international Operalia competition, organised by Plácido Domingo in Mexico City.[2]

Since then, he has sang 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),[3] Teatro San Carlo in Naples, La Fenice in Venice, Liceu in Barcelona, Los Angeles Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bolshoi in Moscow and in festivals like Glyndebourne[4] and Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

Alberghini sang under the baton of such conductors like 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
Role Title Composer
AdelsonAdelson e SalviniBellini
Sir RiccardoI puritaniBellini
EscamilloCarmenBizet
Il FuriosoIl furioso all'isola di San DomingoDonizetti
SulpiceLa fille du régimentDonizetti
BelcoreL'elisir d'amoreDonizetti
DulcamaraL'elisir d'amoreDonizetti
Lord Enrico AshtonLucia di LammermoorDonizetti
AthanaelThaisMassenet
Don AlfonsoCosì fan tutteMozart
GuglielmoCosì fan tutteMozart
Don GiovanniDon GiovanniMozart
LeporelloDon GiovanniMozart
ConteLe nozze di FigaroMozart
FigaroLe nozze di FigaroMozart
Les VillainesLes Contes d’HoffmannOffenbach
MarcelloLa bohèmePuccini
SharplessMadama ButterflyPuccini
FigaroIl barbiere di SivigliaRossini
SelimIl turco in ItaliaRossini
AlidoroLa CenerentolaRossini
DandiniLa CenerentolaRossini
FernandoLa gazza ladraRossini
PodestàLa gazza ladraRossini
MustafàL'italiana in AlgeriRossini
AssurSemiramideRossini
Nick ShadowThe Rake's ProgressStravinsky
RodrigoDon Carlo Verdi
Conte di LunaIl trovatoreVerdi
GermontLa traviataVerdi
PaoloSimon BoccanegraVerdi

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
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References
  1. Teatro Regio's Archives
  2. operalia Archived 26 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Review of the 2009 production, The New York Times
  4. Review, The New York Times
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