David ALEGRET Tenor
 
  BIOGRAPHY  

 

“Spanish tenor David Alegret has the admirable combination of a tall-slim frame (unusual for a tenor), and a flexible high lying voice which fits Rossini's complex music, and he combined a superb technique, with a fearlessness in the high lying range”, Robert Hugill, Opera Today

David Alegret is one of the most sought-after international light lyrical tenors.

21/22 he sings IL CONTE BELLAVITA (I tre gobbi) at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, the BERGER in Stravinsky’s “Oedipus Rex” and CHEKALINSKY in “Pikovaya Dama” at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
As TIMMU in Babylon he makes his debut at the May Festival at the State Theatre Wiesbaden.

His international career took off immediately after his successful debut as LINDORO in “L’Italiana in Algeri '' at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2006 next to Agnes Baltsa. Since then, he could be heard at some of the most prestigious opera houses, highlighting his appearances as DON NARCISO in “Turco in Italia'' at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, Staatsoper Hamburg, Theater an der Wien, La Bastille or Garsington Festival, DON RAMIRO at La Monnaie Brussels, Sao Carlo de Lisboa, Finnish National Opera, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Wiener Volksoper, Opéra de Metz… His interpretation of CONTE DI LIBENSKOF could be seen at the Bern Opera and at the Rossini Festival, where he also sang FLORVILLE in “Il signor Bruschino ''. As CONTE ALMAVIVA he specially shone at the Zürich Opera and as LINDORO he was very successful in “L’Italiana in Algeri'' at the Teatro Regio Torino, the Cologne and Massy Opera, …

Other highlights include his DON RAMIRO and ERNESTO in “Don Pasquale” at the Opera di Ravenna with Ricardo Muti, his interpretation of IDRENO in “Semiramide” at the Opéras de Marseille and Montpellier, FERRANDO, DON OTTAVIO and NEMORINO in Basle, or his successful OSIRIDE (Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto) at the Welsh National Opera.

In his native country, David Alegret has also established long lasting relationships with the major opera houses. He regularly sings at the Teatro Real (LINDORO in L’italiana in Algeri, ANTONIO in Das Liebesverbot …) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (FERRANDO, JAQUINO in Fidelio, BEPPE in I Pagliacci, ARTURO in Lucia de Lammermoor, DON NARCISO, CONTE DI LIBENSKOF, GIOCONDO in Martin y Soler’s Il Burbero di buon cuore, DON CAPRICCIO in Da Ponte’s L’ape musicale’, TYBALT in Roméo et Juliette …). In Bilbao he enjoyed great success as CONTE ALMAVIVA, and in Oviedo he appeared as CONTE DI LIBENSKOF and DON NARCISO.

Recently, he portrayed DON RAMIRO at the Teatro Massimo de Catania and sang in concert with Cecilia Bartoli at the Palau de la Musica Barcelona. He was ARISTIDE MOUREAU in “Les Bienveillantes” at the Vlaamse Oper with Calixto Bieito, sang the tenor part in Monteverdi’s “il Combattimento” at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, was DON NARCISO in Bilbao or MIGUEL in Casablanca’s “L’enigma de Lea'' at the Liceu Barcelona. His ARCADE in “Achille in Sciro" at the Teatro Real was cancelled due to the pandemic.

In the oratorical field, he performs from Monteverdi to Honnegger - and particularly Bach, Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Haydn- in some of Europe’s leading venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona or the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid.

His vast discography includes “El Giravolt de Maig” by Toldrà with A. Ros Marbà (Harmonia Mundi), “La Clementina de Boccherini” with Heras-Casado (Música Antigua Aranjuez), “Lo frate namorato” by Pergolesi with F. Biondi (Unitel Classica), “Il Signor Bruschino” (Rossini Opera Festival), “Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra” (Bongiovanni) and a new solo CD with Catalan songs “Impressions de natura”(Columna Musica).

Future engagements take him once again to Bilbao as NEMORINO, CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE in “Dialogues de Carmélites” to the Teatro Villamarta, Málaga and Barcelona’s Opera Houses as well as to Palma de Mallorca in the title role of EL ARCHIDUQUE . He gives a Solo Recital at the Peralada Festival.

 

 
 
 
KRITIKEN
 
Welsh National Opera Cardiff - Mosè in Egitto - OSIRIDE
The hysterical fantasies of Elcia's beloved Osiride shape the vocalism of the Spanish tenor David Alegret.
Hilary Finch - The Times
The tenor David Alegret sings the son fearless.
Hugo Shirley - The Spectator
Two excellent tenors, David Alegret and Barry Banks, cope effortlessly with the technical challenges.
Rupert Christiansen - The Telegraph
Spanish tenor David Alegret has the admirable combination of a tall-slim frame (unusual for a tenor), and a flexible high lying voice which fits Rossini's complex music, and he combined a superb technique, with a fearlessness in the high lying range.
Robert Hugill - Opera Today
Festival de Peralada - Das Liebesverbot
With very good solo voices in the lead roles, the tenor David Alegret was outstanding with his strong and nuanced singing.
Pablo Meléndez-Haddad - ABC
David Alegret, who played Narciso, showed total mastery of bel canto articulation and fluent resolve in the agile Rossini style.
Alejandro Martínez - Codalario
Especially worth mentioning was tenor David Alegret, who made the most of the thankless role of Narciso, the tenor of the opera, with his three arias of considerable difficulty very well sung and intoned.
Roger Alier - La Vanguardia
Volksoper Wien –La Cenerentola – DON RAMIRO
It was David Alegret and Yolanda Auyanet who best surmounted the obstacles demanded by the score – a complicated coloratura and some challenging high notes.
Elena Habermann - Der Neue Merker
Her Prince Charming , Don Ramiro, was David Alegret who was on marvellous form. A singer with brilliant and very steady high notes in perfect Stile Rossiniano. A Tenore di Grazia who must return to the Staatsoper. The tall Catalan is also a good actor.
Elena Habermann - Der Neue Merker
Opéra de Montpellier - Semiramide - INDRENO
In this dark story it was a great surprise to come across the sincere and pure soul of Idreno, perfectly rendered by the young David Alegret, who was much applauded at the end of the performance.
Jaume Estapà - Ópera Actual
 
 
 
SZENENFOTOS
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Narciso, Turco in Italia
 
Teatro Real Madrid – Das Liebesverbot - ANTONIO
 
Welsh National Opera – Mose in Egitto – OSIRIDE