René Barbera
René Barbera, (born 18 March 1984) is a Mexican-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 his 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 Alfredo in La traviata, Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Lord Arturo Talbo in I puritani, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Ramiro in La Cenerentola, and Riccardo Percy in Anna Bolena.
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