Alasdair Kent - "Languir per una bella" L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (Rossini) 2017

The excellent Australian tenor, Alasdair Kent, was born in Perth and studied music and performance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the University of Western Australia. He made his professional debut in Australia at the age of 25, as Don Ramiro in LA CENERENTOLA with Opera Queensland in 2013. In 2017, he received an Artist Diploma from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and sang performances of Lindoro, Ferrando, Don Ottavio and Rinuccio - and was an Emerging Artist with Opera Philadelphia. He was also seen as a Filene Young Artist with Wolf Trap Opera, took part in the Martina Arroyo Foundation's Prelude to Performance as well as the Merola Opera Program. His European debut came in 2017, as Cavaliere Belfiore in IL VIAGGIO A RIEMS for the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. This marked the beginning of his international career. Since then, he been engaged at many of the most important international theatres and concert venues, including the Bavarian State Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, The Dallas Opera, the Royal Concertgebouw, Konzerthaus Berlin and the Teatro di San Carlo. His principal repertoire includes roles of Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Bizet, and Verdi, though he has also performed works by composers as diverse as Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. He is captured here in Lindoro's opening scene from a performance of Rossini's L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (directed by Máté Szabó) at the Erkel Theatre in Hungary. The Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra are conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta in this telecast performance from November 23rd, 2017.