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'''Alex Esposito''' is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer, best known for singing Mozart roles, especially |
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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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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> |
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|Lorenzo || ''[[I Capuleti e i Montecchi]]'' || [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]] |
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|Méphistophélès || ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' || [[Charles Gounod|Gounod]] |
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|Idreno || ''[[Armida (Haydn)|Armida]]'' || [[Franz Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] |
|Idreno || ''[[Armida (Haydn)|Armida]]'' || [[Franz Joseph Haydn|Haydn]] |
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|Colline || ''[[La Bohème]]'' || [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]] |
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|Mustafà || ''[[L'Italiana in Algeri]]'' || Rossini |
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|Selim || ''[[Il turco in Italia]]'' || Rossini |
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|Don Basilio|| ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' || Rossini |
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|Alidoro || ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' || Rossini |
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|Fernando Villabella|| ''[[La gazza ladra]]'' || Rossini |
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|Assur || ''[[Semiramide]]'' || Rossini |
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|Lord Sidney<br />Don Profondo || ''[[Il viaggio a Reims]]'' || Rossini |
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|Mahomet II || ''[[L'assedio di Corinto|Le siège de Corinthe]]'' || Rossini |
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|Moïse<br />Pharaon || ''[[Moïse et Pharaon]]'' || Rossini |
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|Nonancourt || ''[[Il cappello di paglia di Firenze]]'' || [[Nino Rota|Rota]] |
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|Creon || [[Oedipus rex (opera)|''Oedipus rex'']] || [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] |
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|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]
Role | Title | Composer |
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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]
- ^ "Alex Esposito". www.operaarts.com. Opera Arts. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Alex Esposito". www.roh.org.uk. Royal Opera House. Retrieved 25 February 2014.