Alessandro Corbelli is one of today's most prominent interpreters of the Rossini and Mozart repertoire. The Italian baritone was born in Turin in 1952 and studied with Giuseppe Valdengo and Claude Thiolas. In 1973, he made his debut in Aosta as Monterone in Rigoletto. He has since performed in all of the major opera houses in the world, as well as the major opera festivals. He has been seen at La Scala in the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas under Riccardo Muti, as well as in Lodoïska, Le Comte Ory, Lo frate innamorato, and Fedora. Besides his frequent appearances at La Scala, he sings regularly in Bologna, Verona, Turin, Naples, Florence, Geneva, Vienna, Paris, Cologne, Munich, Lisbon, and London. He has also sung in Moscow, Rome, Genoa, Venice, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyons, Lisbon, Dresden, Chile, Lausanne, Madrid, and at the New Israel Opera. Alessandro Corbelli also sings throughout the United States. He has sung Ford (Falstaff), Belcore (L'Elisir d'Amore) and Marcello (La Bohéme) at the Chicago Lyric Opera. He has also sung Leporello (Don Giovanni) and Dandini (La Cenerentola) at the Houston Grand Opera. The role of Dandini is perhaps his greatest, and in 1997 he received much acclamation when he sang this role for his Met debut and in the Met premiere of La Cenerentola.

Recent highlights include the title role of Le Nozze di Figaro in Vienna, Taddeo in L'Italiana in Algeri in Paris, his role debut as Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore at the Teatro Real in Madrid, and his role debut as the title role of Falstaff at Tel-Aviv's New Israeli Opera. In the past year he also sang Taddeo in Verona, Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory) in Turin, Guglielmo (Cosí fan tutte) in Naples and made his role debut as the title role in Gianni Schicchi at Montepulciano's "Cantiere d'arte." Alessandro Corbelli also participates regularly in the opera festivals of the world, including the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Schwetzingen, Glyndebourne, Ravenna, and the Pesaro Rossini Opera Festivals. Future engagements include Alfonso in Bologna, Leporello in Lausanne and Houston, and Taddeo in New York. Admired by star-conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti and Riccardo Chailly, Alessandro Corbelli can, despite his intense operatic activities, offer an impressing concert repertoire including five different Requiem. However, he is not restricted only to the French (Berlioz, Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc, Ravel) and Italian repertoire. He also sings symphonies and oratorios from the German repertoire as well, such as the Symphony N. 8 by Gustav Mahler and hopes to one day sing "Ein deutsches Requiem" by Johannes Brahms.

Alessandro Corbelli is a versatile and sensitive artist, with a notable grace and finesse. His warm, rich timber is ideal for his repertoire, and he continues to characterize his roles with musical and scenic perfection. His agility and remarkable technique have been applauded all over the world, and he is now regarded as one of the outstanding baritones in the bel canto and Mozart repertoire. I believe that his colleague and friend, Leticia Austria, sums him up perfectly: "Alessandro is one of the most intelligent and consistent singers performing today, more than worthy to be regarded, as many do, as the true successor to Bruscantini. He is also a consummate colleague, a joy to coach, and a wonderful cook to boot."