René Barbera

René Barbera (born March 18, 1984) is an American tenor who has had an active international performance career in concerts and operas since 2008. A native of San Antonio, Texas, he was educated at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the Merola Opera Program, the Ryan Opera Center, and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Early in his career he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2008, and three awards at the Operalia competition in 2011. He made his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2009 and has since worked as a leading tenor in opera houses and concert halls internationally. Some of the organizations he has performed with include the Bavarian State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, La Fenice, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, and the Vienna State Opera, among many others. While he sings a range of music, Barbera is closely associated with the bel canto repertory, often appearing in the operas of Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. Roles which he has frequently performed include Rossini's Almaviva in The Barber of Seville and Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Donizetti's Riccardo Percy in Anna Bolena, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore and Ernesto in Don Pasquale, and Bellini's Lord Arturo Talbo in I puritani, , and . He has also frequently performed as Verdi's Alfredo in La traviata and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.

Verdi: La Traviata - 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Verdi: La traviata - 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000000Z

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