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'''Alex Esposito''' is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer, best known for singing Mozart roles, especially [[Leporello]] in [[Don Giovanni]].<ref name=OA>{{cite web|title=Alex Esposito|url=http://www.operaarts.com/alex-esposito.php|work=www.operaarts.com|publisher=Opera Arts|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>
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'''Alex Esposito''' is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer, best known for singing Mozart roles, especially Leporello in [[Don Giovanni]].<ref name=OA>{{cite web|title=Alex Esposito|url=http://www.operaarts.com/alex-esposito.php|work=www.operaarts.com|publisher=Opera Arts|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>


Esposito was born in [[Bergamo]]. He debuted at the Royal Opera in 2007 as Alidoro in [[La Cenerentola]] and sang Leporello in the 2008/09 and 2013/14 seasons, when he will also sing Figaro in [[Le nozze di Figaro]].<ref name=ROH>{{cite web|title=Alex Esposito|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/alex-esposito|work=www.roh.org.uk|publisher=Royal Opera House|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>
Esposito was born in [[Bergamo]]. He debuted at the [[The Royal Opera|Royal Opera]] in 2007 as Alidoro in [[La Cenerentola]] and sang Leporello in the 2008/09 and 2013/14 seasons, when he will also sing Figaro in [[Le nozze di Figaro]].<ref name=ROH>{{cite web|title=Alex Esposito|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/alex-esposito|work=www.roh.org.uk|publisher=Royal Opera House|accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref>


==Repertorio==
==Repertoire==
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|Lorenzo || ''[[I capuleti e i montecchi]'' || [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]
|Lorenzo || ''[[I Capuleti e i Montecchi]]'' || [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]
|-
|-
|Pére Laurence|| ''[[Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz)|Roméo et Juliette]]'' || [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]]
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|Elvira || ''[[I puritani]]'' || Bellini
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|-
|Micaela || ''[[Carmen (opera)|Carmen]]'' || [[Georges Bizet|Bizet]]
|Méphistophélès|| ''[[La damnation de Faust]]'' || Berlioz
|-
|-
|Gemma || ''[[Gemma di Vergy]]'' || [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]
|Bottom || ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' || [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]
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|-
|Selene || ''Didone abbandonata'' || [[Baldassare Galuppi|Galuppi]]
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|-
|Marguerite || ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' || [[Charles Gounod|Gounod]]
|-
|-
|Nedda || ''[[Pagliacci (opera)|Pagliacci]]''
|Enrico VIII || ''[[Anna Bolena]]''
|| [[Ruggero Leoncavallo|Leoncavallo]]
|| [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti]]
|-
|-
|Dottor Dulcamara || ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' || Donizetti
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|Donna Elvira || ''[[Don Giovanni (opera)|Don Giovanni]]'' || [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]
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|-
|Alfonso d'Este || ''[[Lucrezia Borgia (opera)|Lucrezia Borgia]]'' || Donizetti
|Mimì || ''[[La bohème]]'' || [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]
|-
|-
|Angelica || ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' || Puccini
|Méphistophélès || ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' || [[Charles Gounod|Gounod]]
|-
|-
|Liù || ''[[Turandot]]'' || Puccini
|Argante || ''[[Rinaldo (opera)|Rinaldo]]'' || [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]
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|-
|Rosina || ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' || [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]
|Idreno || ''[[Armida (Haydn)|Armida]]'' || [[Franz Joseph Haydn|Haydn]]
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|-
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|Simone || ''[[La finta semplice]]'' || [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]
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|Figaro<br />Conte d'Almaviva|| ''[[The Marriage of Figaro|Le nozze di Figaro]]'' || Mozart
|Julia || ''[[La Vestale (Spontini)|La Vestale]]'' || [[Gaspare Spontini|Spontini]]
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|-
|Don Giovanni<br />Leporello || ''[[Don Giovanni (opera)|Don Giovanni]]'' || Mozart
|Leonora || ''[[Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio]]'' || [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]
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|-
|Lucrezia Contarini || ''[[I due Foscari]]'' || Verdi
|Guglielmo || ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' || Mozart
|-
|-
|Odabella || ''[[Attila (opera)|Attila]]'' || Verdi
|Papageno|| ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' || Mozart
|-
|-
|Amalia || ''[[I masnadieri (Verdi)|I masnadieri]]'' || Verdi
|Publio || ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]'' || Mozart
|-
|-
|Lindorf<br />Coppélius<br /> Miracle<br />Dapertutto|| ''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]'' || [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]
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|Leonora || ''[[Il trovatore]]'' || Verdi
|-
|-
|Violetta Valery || ''[[La traviata]]'' || Verdi
|Canizzares || ''[[Il cordovano]]'' || [[Goffredo Petrassi|Petrassi]]
|-
|-
|Amelia Grimaldi || ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'' || Verdi
|Custode || ''[[Morte dell'aria]]'' || Petrassi
|-
|-
|Elena || ''[[I vespri siciliani]]'' || Verdi
|Colline || ''[[La Bohème]]'' || [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]
|-
|-
|Desdemona || ''[[Otello (Verdi)|Otello]]'' || Verdi
|Orbazzano || ''[[Tancredi]]'' || [[Gioachino Rossini|Rossini]]
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|-
|Mustafà || ''[[L'Italiana in Algeri]]'' || Rossini
|-
⚫
|Selim || ''[[Il turco in Italia]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Don Basilio|| ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Alidoro || ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Fernando Villabella|| ''[[La gazza ladra]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Mosè<br />Faraone|| ''[[Mosè in Egitto]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Polidoro || ''[[Zelmira]]'' || Rossini
|-
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|Assur || ''[[Semiramide]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Lord Sidney<br />Don Profondo || ''[[Il viaggio a Reims]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Mahomet II || ''[[L'assedio di Corinto|Le siège de Corinthe]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Moïse<br />Pharaon || ''[[Moïse et Pharaon]]'' || Rossini
|-
|Nonancourt || ''[[Il cappello di paglia di Firenze]]'' || [[Nino Rota|Rota]]
|-
|Creon || [[Oedipus rex (opera)|''Oedipus rex'']] || [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]
|-
|Nick Shadow|| ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' || Stravinsky
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|Arlecchino || ''[[La vedova scaltra]]'' || [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari|Wolf-Ferrari]]
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 28 January 2021

Alex Esposito is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer, best known for singing Mozart roles, especially Leporello in Don Giovanni.[1]

Esposito was born in Bergamo. He debuted at the Royal Opera in 2007 as Alidoro in La Cenerentola and sang Leporello in the 2008/09 and 2013/14 seasons, when he will also sing Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro.[2]

Repertoire[edit]

Operatic repertoire
Role Title Composer
Lorenzo I Capuleti e i Montecchi Bellini
Pére Laurence Roméo et Juliette Berlioz
Méphistophélès La damnation de Faust Berlioz
Bottom A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten
Enrico VIII Anna Bolena Donizetti
Dottor Dulcamara L'elisir d'amore Donizetti
Alfonso d'Este Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti
Méphistophélès Faust Gounod
Argante Rinaldo Handel
Idreno Armida Haydn
Simone La finta semplice Mozart
Figaro
Conte d'Almaviva		 Le nozze di Figaro Mozart
Don Giovanni
Leporello		 Don Giovanni Mozart
Guglielmo Così fan tutte Mozart
Papageno Die Zauberflöte Mozart
Publio La clemenza di Tito Mozart
Lindorf
Coppélius
Miracle
Dapertutto		 Les contes d'Hoffmann Offenbach
Canizzares Il cordovano Petrassi
Custode Morte dell'aria Petrassi
Colline La Bohème Puccini
Orbazzano Tancredi Rossini
Mustafà L'Italiana in Algeri Rossini
Selim Il turco in Italia Rossini
Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini
Alidoro La Cenerentola Rossini
Fernando Villabella La gazza ladra Rossini
Mosè
Faraone		 Mosè in Egitto Rossini
Polidoro Zelmira Rossini
Assur Semiramide Rossini
Lord Sidney
Don Profondo		 Il viaggio a Reims Rossini
Mahomet II Le siège de Corinthe Rossini
Moïse
Pharaon		 Moïse et Pharaon Rossini
Nonancourt Il cappello di paglia di Firenze Rota
Creon Oedipus rex Stravinsky
Nick Shadow The Rake's Progress Stravinsky
Arlecchino La vedova scaltra Wolf-Ferrari

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alex Esposito". www.operaarts.com. Opera Arts. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Alex Esposito". www.roh.org.uk. Royal Opera House. Retrieved 25 February 2014.



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