Alessandro Spina bass
He studied opera singing at the Conservatory“G. Braga” of Teramo graduating
in “opera singing”, he then obtained a degree in Sciences of Formation and
Education, musical address with full marks and honors. Trained also in stage
acting, he has made his operatic debut as Lunardo in I Quatro Rusteghi by
W. Ferrari at Teatro Verdi di Pisa He has performed in such venues as
Teatro alla Scala, La Monnaie de Bruxelles, Opéra de Montecarlo, Teatro del
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro La
Fenice di Venezia, Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Teatro Regio
di Parma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Opéra de
Nice, Opéra de Royal de Wallonie de Liege, Opera de Tenerife, Wexford
Festival and M acerata Opera Festival. He worked with such conductors as
Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Asher Fisch, Daniele Gatti, Michele
Mariotti, Zubin Metha, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Oren, Evelino Pido’,Nello Santi,
Wolfgang Sawallish, Pinchas Steinberg, Juraj Valcuha, just to name a
few. His most recent successful performances include Il trovatore
(Ferrando) at Macerata Opera Festival, La bohème (Colline) at Opéra de
Liège, Turandot (Timur) at Theaters of Pavia, Brescia, Cremona and Como,
L’elisir d’amore (Dulcamara) at Teatro Coccia di Novara, La Cenerentola
(Alidoro) at the Theaters of Brescia, Cremona, Pavia, Bergamo and Como,
Adriana Lecouvreur (Principe Bouillon) at Opéra de Montecarlo Among his
2018/19 season engagements: Maria Stuarda (Talbot) at Deutsche Operam
Rhein, Il trovatore (Ferrando) at Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari and in Japan,
Ernani at Teatro alla Scala in Milano, La Bohème (Colline) in Sassari, La
Traviata, Cenerentola (Alidoro) conducted by M° Dantone, I Masnadieri at
Teatro alla Scala and at Savonlinna Opera Festival, La Bohème at Teatro
Petruzzelli in Bari. He has performed in important Italian and foreign
theaters.
At the “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan, for example, he played the role of numerous opera characters:
· Alidoro in Cenerentola directed by G. Ponnelle directed by O.Dantone
· Don Basilio in the Barber of Seville directed by G. Ponnelle directed by M.Zanetti
· Angelotti in Tosca with the direction of L. Bondy and the direction of M * Rizzi
· Uriel in the contemporary work CO2 by the Italian composer Battistelli under the direction of R. Carsen
· Jak Rabbit in the Fanciulla del West directed by M * Chailly, directed by R. Carsen
· Moser in the Masnadieri directed by D.McVicar directed by M.Mariotti
· Dr. Grenvil in La Traviata under the direction of L.Cavani and the direction of Zubin Metha
· Colline in Boheme directed by Zeffirelli, shot by M.Gandini (suspended for Covid)
Numerous other interpretations at the theaters:
“Costanzi” in Rome, “La Fenice” in Venice, the “Malibran” in Venice, the “Arena in Verona “, “ Petruzzelli ” of Bari, “ Maggio Fiorentino ” of Florence, the “ San Carlo ” of Naples, the < strong> “Regio” of Parma, the </ “ Comunale” of Bologna, the “Verdi” of Trieste, the ” Teatro Nuovo “ of Spoleto, the ” Verdi “ of Pisa, the ” Goldoni “ of Livorno, the ” Giglio “</ strong> of Lucca, the “Dante Alighieri” of Ravenna; and again: the Theaters of Bolzano, Treviso, Jesi, Fermo, Piacenza, Ferrara, Modena, Brescia, Cremona, Como, Pavia, Pordenone, Udine, Ascoli Piceno, Verona Philharmonic, Wexford, Great Theater of Pompeii, Brussels, Marseille, Düsseldorf, Bunka Kaikan- Tokyo, Principality of Monaco, Municipal of Marseille
Some roles played:
Don Alfonso in “Cosi fan tutte” (tour of the San Carlo Theater in Chile), Ftère Laurent in “Roméo et Juliette” (Philharmonic of Verona), Lunardo in “i Quattro Rusteghi” (Pisa, Livorno, Lucca), Angelotti in “Tosca” (Arena di Verona, Regio di Parma, Fenice di Venezia, San Carlo di Napoli, Opera by Rome, Teatro alla Scala) Hills in “La Bohème” (Malibran of Venice, Fermo, Treviso, Jesi, Ascoli Piceno, San Carlo di Napoli, Liège, Scala,) Don Pasquale (title role) in the theaters of Brescia, Pavia, Cremona, Como; Simone in “Gianni Schicchi” (Piacenza, Livorno, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Modena, Ferrara, Ravenna, Lucca, Pisa and recorded on DVD by RAI TDK); Zuniga in “Carmen” (Modena, Piacenza, Ferrara, Ravenna). Ferrando in G. Verdi’s “Trovarore” for theaters: (Petruzzelli, Tenerife, Macerata Festival, Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo), “Talbot” in Maria Stuarda for theaters in Tenerife, Düsseldorf, Timur in the Turandot for theaters: Petruzzelli in Bari, Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, Opera Lombardia, Macerata Festival, the “Prince” in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Ranieri Theater in Monaco .
He participated in the inauguration of the 2009 season of the “Teatro alla Scala” in the “Don Carlo” (Flemish Deputy) directed by Daniele Gatti.
In the sacred repertoire he sang:
· “Te Deum” by Britten (for the “Teatro alla Scala” in Milan)
· “Requiem” by Faurè (for Opera Lombardia)
· “Requiem” by Mozart (for the Comunale of Bologna, Petruzzelli of Bari, Coccia of Novara)
· “Christmas Oratory” of Saint-Saens
· “Mass” by Mercadante (for the Teatro S. Carlo in Naples)
· “Mass KV 317” by Mozart (for the Comunale of Bologna)
· “Stabat Mater” by Rossini (for Rof of Pesaro).