René Barbera
René Barbera is a Mexican-American tenor. He was the recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition in 2011, and winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition in 2008.
Roles
- Ernesto debut in Donizetti's Don Pasquale - Wiener Staatsoper
- Il Conte d’Almaviva debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia - Dutch National Opera
- Riccardo Percy debut in Donizetti's Anna Bolena - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
- Title role debut in Mozart’s Idomeneo - Teatro Massimo
- Idamore debut in Donizetti’s Il Paria - Opera Rara
- Il Conte d’Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia - Japanese debut at the New National Theatre
- Elvino in Bellini’s La Sonnambula - Debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
- Metropolitan Opera debut as Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri
- Teatro alla Scala debut as Ernesto in ''Don Pasquale''
Awards
- 2008 - Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition
- 2011 - Recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition