Simone Alberghini
Alberghini after a performance of Alfano'sCyrano at Teatro La Scala, Milan, 2008
Born	(1973-04-16)16 April 1973 (age 52) Bologna,Italy
Occupations	Opera singer,baritone
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Anna Goryachova
Partner	Anna Netrebko (1999–2007)
Children	2
Website	www.simonealberghini.com

Simone Alberghini (born 16 April 1973) is an Italianoperaticbaritone, known especially for his interpretations ofbelcanto operas ofMozart andRossini.

Born inBologna, 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 conductorLeone Magiera and with the baritoneCarlo Meliciani.

In 1993 he made his debut as Lorenzo inBellini'sI Capuleti e i Montecchi at theTeatro Regio of Turin.^[1]

In 1994 he won first prize at the internationalOperalia competition, organised byPlácido Domingo in Mexico City.^[2]

Since then, he has sung in the most important theatres of the world, likeLa Scala in Milan, theRoyal Opera House in London (Dandini in Rossini'sLa Cenerentola and Athanael in Massenet'sThaïs withRenée Fleming), theMetropolitan 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 likeGlyndebourne^[4] andRossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.

Alberghini sang under the baton of such conductors asRiccardo Muti,Zubin Mehta,Seiji Ozawa,Michael Tilson Thomas,Riccardo Chailly,Maurizio Benini,Teodor Currentzis,Michele Mariotti,Alberto Zedda and in productions by directors likeJonathan Miller,Luca Ronconi,Graham Vick,Francesca Zambello,Peter Hall,Pier Luigi Pizzi,Damiano Michieletto.

Alberghini is married to the Russianmezzo-sopranoAnna Goryachova.

• Bellini, Adelson e Salvini – Barcellona/Scala/Muraro/Alberghini – conducted byD. 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

• 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

• Official website
• schedule,Operabase
• Alberghini on iTunes
• Discography for Naxos
• Discography for Dynamic
• Allan Kozinn,"Cenerentola, The Metropolitan Opera House, New York",The New York Times, 10 October 2005.

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Singers from Bologna
• Italian operatic baritones
• 20th-century Italian male opera singers
• 21st-century Italian male opera singers
• Operalia, The World Opera Competition prize-winners

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