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.

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.

In 1994 he won first prize at the international Operalia competition, organised by Plácido Domingo in Mexico City.

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), 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 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