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'''Alasdair Kent''' is an Australian [[opera]]tic [[tenor]], principally known for his interpretations of the Italian [[bel canto]] of [[Rossini]], and [[Mozart]].<ref name="Olyrix Summary">{{cite web|url=https://www.olyrix.com/artistes/15784/alasdair-kent/biographie|title=Alasdair Kent – Biographie|website=Olyrix|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Alasdair Kent, tenor">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/artists/alasdair-kent-30901/en|title=Alasdair Kent, tenor|website=Operabase|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}</ref> In 2016, [[Richard Bonynge]] presented him with the [[Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation]] Bel Canto Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jsrbfoundation.com/pages/bel-canto-award|title=Bel Canto Award|website=The Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}</ref> After studies in the USA and his European debut with the [[Rossini Opera Festival]] in 2017, his international career has seen debuts in major roles in many of the world's leading opera houses and concert venues, including the [[Vienna State Opera|Wiener Staatsoper]], [[Teatro Real|Teatro Real Madrid]], [[Bavarian State Opera|Bayerische Staatsoper]], [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]], [[Zurich Opera House|Opernhaus Zürich]] and the [[Aix-en-Provence Festival|Festival d'Aix-en-Provence]].<ref name="Alasdair Kent, tenor"/>

==Early life and education==

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The following season, 2018-19, the tenor debuted in Rossini’s ''[[Tancredi]]'' with the [[Teatro Petruzzelli|Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari]] in a production by [[Pier Luigi Pizzi]].<ref name="Bari Tancredi 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fondazionepetruzzelli.it/tancredi/|title=TANCREDI|website=Sito Petruzzelli|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> This was performed with the tragic ending as composed for [[Ferrara]], not the much more common ''[[Happy ending|lieto fine]]'' written for the opera’s 1813 premiere at [[La Fenice]].<ref name="Bari Tancredi 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.quotidianodipuglia.it/spettacoli/tancredi_l_allestimento_di_pizzi_strega_il_petruzzelli-4054639.html|title= Tancredi, l'allestimento di Pizzi strega il Petruzzelli|website=Quotidiano di Puglia|date= 21 October 2018|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> Due to the indisposition of a colleague, Kent sang this role on two consecutive evenings, with his performance described as, "exquisite… The mastery of diction and the excellent color of the high tessitura.. were the highlights of his performance, which was also convincing on an actor's level."<ref name="Bari Tancredi 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.gbopera.it/2018/10/bari-teatro-petruzzelli-tancredi/|title= Bari, Teatro Petruzzelli: "Tancredi"|website=GBOPERA|date= 30 October 2018|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He debuted professionally Rossini’s ''[[Messa di Gloria (Rossini)|Messa di Gloria]]'', a work he sang while studying at AVA,<ref name="AVA Messa 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlight/2015-03-11/jubilate-academy-of-vocal-arts-on-wrti-march-15-at-3-pm|title=Jubilate! Academy of Vocal Arts on WRTI, March 15 at 3 PM|website=WRTI|date=11 March 2015 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> with the Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn.<ref name="Pau Messa 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/messa-di-gloria-105317/en|title=Messa di Gloria|website=Operabase|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> Kent repeated his performances of ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' in [[Budapest]],<ref name=budapest>{{cite web|url=https://www.opera.hu/v/rossinis-litaliana-in-algeri-at-the-hungarian-state-opera/|title=Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri at the Hungarian State Opera|website=Magyar Állami Operaház|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Budapest Italiana B1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/litaliana-in-algeri-102220/en|title=L'italiana in Algeri|website=Operabase|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and sang multiple productions of ''[[Così fan tutte]]'': for the [[Lyric Opera of Kansas City]], conducted by [[Jane Glover|Dame Jane Glover]] and with mezzo-soprano [[Daniela Mack]] as Dorabella;<ref name="KC Cosi 1">{{cite web|url= https://bachtrack.com/review-cosi-fan-tutte-glover-lyric-opera-kansas-city-march-2019|title= The Great War of the Sexes: Così in Kansas City|website=Bachtrack|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="KC Cosi 2">{{cite web|url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/kansas-city/article/BWW-Review-COSI-FAN-TUTTE-at-KC-Lyric-Opera-20190317|title= Review: COSI FAN TUTTE at KC Lyric Opera|website=Broadway World|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> for the [[Israeli Opera]] in [[Atom Egoyan]]’s production;<ref name="Israel Cosi 1">{{cite web|url= https://www.israel-opera.co.il/eng/?CategoryID=870&ArticleID=2782|title=Cosi fan tutte|website=The Israeli Opera|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and for the Rete Lirica delle Marche in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi in the [[Teatro dell'Aquila, Fermo|Teatro dell'Aquila]], [[Teatro Ventidio Basso]], [[Teatro della Fortuna]],<ref name="Marche Cosi 1">{{cite web|url= https://www.fondazioneliricamarche.it/cosi-fan-tutte/|title=COSI FAN TUTTE|website=Fondazione Rete Lirica delle Marche|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and the [[Chieti#Teatro Marrucino|Teatro Marrucino]].<ref name="Marche Cosi 2">{{cite web|url= https://www.teatromarrucino.eu/stagione/cosi-fan-tutte-14-dicembre/|title= COSÌ FAN TUTTE ossia la scuola degli amanti|website=Teatro Marrucino|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> His season closed with a new production of [[Domenico Cimarosa|Cimarosa]]’s ''[[Il matrimonio segreto]]'' designed and directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi for the [[Festival della Valle d'Itria]].<ref name="Martina Matrimonio 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.festivaldellavalleditria.it/en/spettacolo/il-matrimonio-segreto/2019-07-16|title=Il matrimonio segreto|website=Festival della Valle d'Itria|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Martina Matrimonio 2">{{cite web|url= https://bachtrack.com/es_ES/review-cimarosa-matrimonio-segreto-festival-valle-d-itria-martina-franca-august-2019|title= Secret affairs in an Italian summer: Cimarosa's Matrimonio segreto at Martina Franca|website=Bachtrack|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

Season 2019-20 saw Kent perform in ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' for [[Theater Basel]]<ref name="Basel Barber 1">{{cite web|url=https://archiv.theater-basel.ch/2019-20/il-barbiere-di-siviglia|title=Il barbiere di Siviglia|website=Archiv Theater Basel|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Basel Barber 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch/en/concerts/il-barbiere-di-siviglia-17-10-2019-19h30-theater-basel.html|title=The Barber of Seville|website=Sinfonieorchester Basel|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Basel Barber 3">{{cite web|url=https://opernmagazin.de/theater-basel-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-alte-oper-neue-welt/|title=Il barbiere di Siviglia, review|website=Opernmagazin|date=20 October 2019 |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> with [[David Parry (conductor)|David Parry]] conducting [[Kirill Serebrennikov]]’s production from the [[Komische Oper Berlin]].<ref name="Basel Barber 4">{{cite web|url=https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-barbiere-siviglia-serebrennikov-manacorda-komische-oper-berlin-october-2016|title=Serebrennikov's Barber confronts the millennial generation at Komische Oper|website=Bachtrack|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> Kent’s performance "impresse[d] with a powerful, absolutely confident, technically excellent tenore di grazia."<ref name="Basel Barber 5">{{cite web|url=https://onlinemerker.com/basel-theater-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-produktion-der-komischen-oper-berlin/|title=BASEL/ Theater: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Produktion der Komischen Oper Berlin)|website=Online Merker|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He repeated his performances as Paolino in Pizzi’s production of ''[[Il matrimonio segreto]]'', this time for the [[Teatro Regio (Turin)|Teatro Regio di Torino]].<ref name="Torino Matrimonio 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.teatroregio.torino.it/opera-e-balletto-2019-2020/il-matrimonio-segreto|title=Il matrimonio segreto|website=Teatro Regio Torino|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He debuted as Tamino in ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'' in a new production by Davide Livermore with the [[Royal Opera House Muscat]], with [[Diego Fasolis]] conducting I Barocchisti.<ref name="Oman Flute 1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofoman.com/article/83652-royal-opera-house-muscat-to-present-the-magic-flute|title=Royal Opera House Muscat to present The Magic Flute|website=Times of Oman|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Oman Flute 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/die-zauberflote-109107/en|title=Die Zauberflöte|website=Operabase|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Oman Flute 3">{{cite web|url=https://operawire.com/royal-opera-house-muscat-2019-20-review-die-zauberflote/|title=Royal Opera House Muscat 2019-20 Review: Die Zauberflöte|website=OperaWire|date=5 January 2020 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> Several of his performances were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], notably ''[[Falstaff]]'' with the [[Opéra national de Montpellier]],<ref name="Montpellier Falstaff 1">{{cite web|url=https://old.www.opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr/evenement/falstaff-1|title=Falstaff|website=Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' with the [[Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux|Opéra national de Bordeaux]],<ref name="Bordeaux Cosi 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-bordeaux.com/alasdair-kent-15313|title=Alasdair Kent|website=Opéra National de Bordeaux|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Bordeaux Cosi 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.paysud.com/L-Opera-de-Bordeaux-annule-la-fin-de-la-saison_a6460.html|title=L'Opéra de Bordeaux annule la fin de la saison|website=PaySud mag|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Bordeaux Cosi 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-online.com/en/items/productions/cosi-fan-tutte-opera-national-de-bordeaux-2020-2017|title=Così fan tutte - Bordeaux Opera house (2020)|website=Opera Online|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' on tour with [[Les Musiciens du Louvre]].<ref name="Akko Giovanni 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdlg.net/La-Saison/don-giovanni-2/|title=Don Giovanni|website=Les Musiciens du Louvre|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> In 2020-21, despite the ongoing pandemic, Kent made a major debut as Arturo in [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]’s ''[[I puritani]]'' in his Spanish debut with Ópera de Oviedo.<ref name="Oviedo Puritani 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operaoviedo.com/historico/historico-ficha/i-puritani/|title=I Puritani|website=Ópera de Oviedo|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> The tenor’s ~~notably~~ extended high range was exhibited in this performance of Arturo’s [[I puritani#Music|high-F]] in Act Three, the highest note written for the operatic tenor voice.<ref name="High F 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0966101/|title=Bellini's I Puritani|website=IMDB|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="High F 2">{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/22/archives/music-view-how-did-they-sing-puritani-in-1835.html| title=MUSIC VIEW|website=The New York Times|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="High F 3">{{cite web|author = IMSLP Staff [Guo, Edward W. et al.] | date = 2017 | title = Bellini – I puritani (vocal score) | location = Wilmington, DE | publisher = International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)/Petrucci Music Library (Project Petrucci LLC) | url=http://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP60620-Bellini_-_I_puritani_(vocal_score).pdf |pages=254, 256|work=IMSLP.org}}</ref> He also performed [[Stravinsky]]’s ''[[Pulcinella (ballet)|Pulcinella]]'' with the [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra|Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI]] conducted by [[Ottavio Dantone]],<ref name="Torino Pulcinella 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.raicultura.it/orchestrarai/articoli/2021/04/Omaggio-a-Stravinskij-con-Pulcinella-diretto-da-Ottavio-Dantone-dd71294b-b97f-45d1-a6bd-12cdb2747588.html|title=Omaggio a Stravinskij con Pulcinella diretto da Ottavio Dantone|website=Orchestra RAI, Rai Cultura|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Torino Pulcinella 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.connessiallopera.it/news/2021/orchestra-rai-omaggio-a-stravinskij-con-pulcinella-diretto-da-ottavio-dantone/|title=Orchestra Rai: omaggio a Stravinskij con "Pulcinella" diretto da Ottavio Dantone|website=Connessi all’Opera|date=9 April 2021 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' in a new production by Ido Ricklin for the [[Israeli Opera]].<ref name="Israel Italiana 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.israel-opera.co.il/eng/?CategoryID=1259&ArticleID=6236|title=L'Italiana in Algeri|website=The Israeli Opera|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> His debut with [[Zurich Opera House|Opernhaus Zürich]] in ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' was cancelled due to the pandemic.<ref name="Zurich Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/calendar/il-barbiere-di-siviglia/2020-2021/|title=Archiv: Il barbiere di Siviglia|website=Opernhaus Zürich|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

===Major debuts===

Kent began debuting in major theatres in leading roles in 2021-22, with performances of ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' with both the [[Bavarian State Opera|Bayerische Staatsoper]]<ref name="Munich Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/il-barbiere-di-siviglia/2022-05-10-1900-12888|title=IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA|website=Bayerische Staatsoper|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and [[Dallas Opera|The Dallas Opera]].<ref name="Dallas Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://dallasopera.org/performance/the-barber-of-seville-2/|title=The Barber of Seville|website=The Dallas Opera|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He also sang performances of ''[[The Barber of Seville|Barbiere]]'' with [[Norwegian National Opera and Ballet|Den Norske Opera & Ballett]]<ref name="Oslo Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operaen.no/en/Productions/arkiv/2022/the-barber-of-seville-opera-oslo-operahouse/|title=Barberen i Sevilla|website=Den Norske Opera & Ballett|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and with [[Cologne Opera|Oper Köln]], in [[Ruth Berghaus]]' 1968 production from the [[Berlin State Opera|Berliner Staatsoper]].<ref name="Koeln Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://theaterkompass.de/beitraege/gioacchino-rossini-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-oper-koeln-56835|title=Gioacchino Rossini, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", Oper Köln|website=TheaterKompass|date=9 June 2022 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> In these latter performances, he was praised for his "light, flexible tenor with seemingly as many high notes as you could want and breakneck coloratura."<ref name="Koeln Barbiere 2">{{cite web|url=https://opernmagazin.de/grandioser-abschluss-der-intendanz-birgit-meyers-mit-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-in-der-oper-koeln/|title=Grandioser Abschluss der Intendanz Birgit Meyers mit "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" in der Oper Köln|website=Das Opernmagazin|date=25 June 2022 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He debuted at [[Concertgebouw, Amsterdam|Het Concertgebouw]] in [[Amsterdam]] in ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' with the [[Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century]], with a cast including [[Vasilisa Berzhanskaya]].<ref name="Amsterdam Italiana 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.concertgebouw.nl/en/concerts/930537-vasilisa-berzhanskaya-in-rossinis-litaliana-in-algeri|title=Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri|website=Het Concertgebouw|date=19 February 2022 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Amsterdam Italiana 2">{{cite web|url=https://lacetra.ch/en/discography/rossini-litaliana-in-algeri/|title=Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri|website=La Cetra|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> This performance was [[Album#Live|recorded live]] for CD release on [[Glossa Music]], and was awarded a place on the Bestenliste of the [[Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik]] in 2023.<ref name="Amsterdam Italiana 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/2023/02?c=5|title=Bestenliste 02/2023|website=Preis der deutschen Schallplatten Kritik|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He sang performances of ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'' with the [[Israeli Opera]] in [[Barrie Kosky]]’s internationally acclaimed production,<ref name="Israel Flute 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.israel-opera.co.il/eng/?CategoryID=1262&ArticleID=6065|title=Die Zauberflöte|website=The Israeli Opera|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' with [[Toulon Opera|Opéra de Toulon]],<ref name="Toulon Giovanni 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operadetoulon.fr/spectacles/lyrique-don-giovanni/457.htm|title=Don Giovanni|website=Opéra de Toulon|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> where he was praised for his "impeccable musicality,"<ref name="Toulon Giovanni 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/don-giovanni-toulon-quand-don-giovanni-meurt-dans-son-lit/|title=MOZART, Don Giovanni -- Toulon|website=FORUMOPERA|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> his "almost celestial" voice,<ref name="Toulon Giovanni 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.olyrix.com/articles/production/5161/mozart-don-giovanni-opera-toulon-10-octobre-2021-article-critique-compte-rendu-chronique-souza-benoin-laporte-benoin-correia-constans-munger-gadelia-loconsolo-kent-ruiz-chikviladze-giulianini-pappas-orchestre-choeur-bernolin|title=Don Giovanni se met dans de beaux draps à Toulon|website=Olyrix|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and for "making the whole audience hold their breath on "''Dalla sua pace''.." [reproducing] the enchantment in an "''Il mio tesoro''," of ideal breath and saturated with musicality. An exemplary performance..”<ref name="Toulon Giovanni 4">{{cite web|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2021/10/13/toulon-au-lit-avec-don-giovanni/|title=Toulon : au lit avec Don Giovanni |website=ResMusica|date=13 October 2021 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He gave further performances in [[Donizetti]]’s ''[[Rita (opera)|Deux hommes et une femme]]'' at the [[Konzerthaus Berlin]] with the [[Berliner Operngruppe]],<ref name="Berlin Rita 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.berlineroperngruppe.de/en/projects|title=Berliner Operngruppe|website=Projects|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' with [[Wallis Giunta]] in the title role at the [[Opéra national de Montpellier]],<ref name="Montpellier Cenerentola 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr/evenements/cendrillon/|title=Cendrillon|website=Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> where heKent was described as "enchanting..play[ing] like a virtuoso with natural vocal charm.."<ref name="Montpellier Cenerentola 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.resmusica.com/2021/12/22/a-montpellier-cenerentola-ou-le-desenchantement-en-triomphe/|title=À Montpellier, Cenerentola ou le désenchantement en triomphe|website=ResMusica|date=22 December 2021 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and praised for his "clear and full voice.. the virtuosity of his singing. The length of breath, the articulation, the charm and the panache.."<ref name="Montpellier Cenerentola 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/la-cenerentola-montpellier-ca-roule-a-merveille/|title=ROSSINI, La Cenerentola — Montpellier|website=FORUMOPERA|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

In 2022-23, he returned to the [[Bavarian State Opera|Bayerische Staatsoper]] to make a role debut as Belmonte in ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'',<ref name="Munich Seraglio 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/die-entfuehrung-aus-dem-serail/2023-04-09-1800-13348|title=DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL|website=Bayerische Staatsoper|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and for performances of ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' in a cast including [[Florian Sempey]] and [[Erwin Schrott]],<ref name="Munich Cenerentola 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productions/la-cenerentola/2022-10-11-1900-13187|title=LA CENERENTOLA|website=Bayerische Staatsoper|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> in [[Jean-Pierre Ponnelle]]'s historic production which premiered at [[La Scala|Teatro alla Scala]] in 1973.<ref name="Munich Cenerentola 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-online.com/en/columns/jamesimam/marianne-crebassa-brings-the-house-down-in-jean-pierre-ponnelles-legendary-cenerentola|title=Marianne Crebassa brings the house down in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle’s legendary Cenerentola|website=Opera Online|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He debuted at the [[Vienna State Opera|Wiener Staatsoper]] in Herbert Fritsch's production of ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' conducted by [[Michele Mariotti]],<ref name="Vienna Barbiere 1">{{cite web|url=https://archiv.wiener-staatsoper.at/performances/62156|title=Il barbiere di Siviglia am 03.01.2023|website=Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and made an important role debut as Ernesto in ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' with the [[Teatro Petruzzelli|Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari]].<ref name="Bari Pasquale 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.fondazionepetruzzelli.it/eventi/don-pasquale/|title=Don Pasquale|website=Sito Petruzzelli|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He appeared in a semi-staged concert tour of ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' with [[Julia Lezhneva]], [[Emőke Baráth]] and [[Sandrine Piau]],<ref name="KOB Cosi 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.kammerorchesterbasel.ch/de/spielplan/und-immer-siegt-die-liebe.html|title=Abo-Konzert mit Mozarts Cosi fan tutte|website=Kammerorchester Basel|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]],<ref name="KOB Cosi 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/en/season-2022-2023/concert-version-of-opera/cosi-fan-tutte-1|title=Così fan tutte|website=Theatre des Champs-Elysees|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> [[Philharmonie Luxembourg]],<ref name="KOB Cosi 3">{{cite web|url=https://delano.lu/article/mozart-s-play-with-love|title=Mozart’s play with love|website=Delano|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> the [[Elbphilharmonie]]<ref name="KOB Cosi 4">{{cite web|url=https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/archive/mozart-cosi-fan-tutte/16420|title=Mon, 27 Mar 2023 – Mozart: Così fan tutte|website=Elbphilharmonie|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and [[Stadtcasino Basel]],<ref name="KOB Cosi 5">{{cite web|url=https://opernmagazin.de/kammerochester_basel_cosi_fan_tutte/|title=Kammerochester Basel: Così fan tutte – „Und immer siegt die Liebe“|website=Das Opernmagazin|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> with [[Giovanni Antonini]] conducting the [[Kammerorchester Basel]]. Kent was praised for his "ravishing timbre," and his "particularly sensitive and refined interpretation of the aria "''Un'aura amorosa''.."<ref name="KOB Cosi 6">{{cite web|url=https://www.olyrix.com/articles/production/6655/cosi-fan-tutte-mozart-opera-theatre-des-champs-elysees-julia-lezhneva-emoke-barath-sandrine-piau-alasdair-kent-tommaso-barea-konstantin-wolff-giovanni-antonini-kammerorchester-basel-basler-madrigalisten-salome-im-hof-24-mars-2023-critique-compte-rendu|title=Cosi fan tutte mi-scénique mi-raison au TCE|website=Olyrix|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> Further performances included ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' with [[Cincinnati Opera]],<ref name="Cincinnati Barber 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cincinnatiopera.org/barber-of-seville|title=The Barber of Seville|website=Cincinnati Opera|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Carmina Burana]]'' with [[Opera Philadelphia]],<ref name="Philadelphia Carmina 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/in-theaters-2022-2023/carmina-burana/|title=Carmina Burana + Credo|website=Opera Philadelphia|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Così fan tutte]]'' with the [[Royal Opera House Muscat]],<ref name="Oman Cosi 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1135509/features/the-opera/rohm-to-close-season-with-mozarts-cosi-fan-tutte|title=ROHM to close season with Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte|website=Oman Observer|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and [[Bach]]’s ''[[Christmas Oratorio|Weihnachtsoratorium]]'' with the [[Stavanger Symphony Orchestra|Stavanger Symfoniorkester]].<ref name="Stavanger Bach 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/bachs-weihnachtsoratorium-200694/|title=Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium|website=Operabase|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

Major debuts continued in 2023-24 with performances as the title role in [[Haydn]]’s ''[[Orlando paladino]]'' at the [[Teatro Real|Teatro Real Madrid]]<ref name="Giardino Orlando 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.teatroreal.es/en/show/orlando-paladino|title=Orlando paladino|website=Teatro Real|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and the [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]],<ref name="Giardino Orlando 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.liceubarcelona.cat/es/noticias/orlando-paladino-en-el-liceu|title='Orlando paladino' se estrena en versión concierto en el Liceu|website=Gran Teatre del Liceu|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> with [[Giovanni Antonini]] conducting [[Il Giardino Armonico]] and a cast that included [[Emőke Baráth]]. He debuted as Narciso in ''[[Il turco in Italia]]'' for [[Zurich Opera House|Opernhaus Zürich]],<ref name="Zurich Turco 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/calendar/il-turco-in-italia/2023-2024/|title=Il turco in Italia|website=Opernhaus Zürich|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> where he also appeared as Thespis in a new production of [[Rameau]]’s ''[[Platée]]'' with [[Emmanuelle Haïm]] conducting [[Philharmonia_Zurich#La_Scintilla|La Scintilla]].<ref name="Zurich Platee 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/calendar/platee/2023-2024/|title=Platée|website=Opernhaus Zürich|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He also debuted with [[Aix-en-Provence Festival|Festival d’Aix-en-Provence]] in [[Dmitri Tcherniakov]]'s double production of [[Gluck]]'s ''[[Iphigénie en Aulide]]'' and ''[[Iphigénie en Tauride]]'', both with [[Emmanuelle Haïm]] leading [[Le Concert d'Astrée]], appearing as [[Achilles|Achille]] in the former opera.<ref name="Aix Iphigenie 1">{{cite web|url=https://festival-aix.com/en/programmation/opera/iphigenie-en-aulide-iphigenie-en-tauride|title=IPHIGÉNIE EN AULIDE — IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE|website=Festival d’Aix-en-Provence|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> The double-bill won the [[International Opera Awards|International Opera Award]] in the category of New Production.<ref name="Aix Iphigenie 2">{{cite web|url=https://operaawards.org/archive/2024/|title=2024 Opera Awards|website=International Opera Awards}}</ref> He made his house debut with [[Theater an der Wien]] in the world premiere of [[Salieri]]'s ''Cublai, gran kan de’ Tartari'' in the original Italian-text, with [[Christophe Rousset]] conducting [[Les Talens Lyriques]].<ref name="Vienna Salieri 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1235/Kublai-Khan|title=KUBLAI KHAN|website=MusikTheater an der Wien|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> This won the [[International Opera Awards|International Opera Award]] in the category of Rediscovered Work.<ref name="Vienna Salieri 2">{{cite web|url=https://operaawards.org/archive/2024/|title=2024 Opera Awards|website=International Opera Awards}}</ref> Other performances included a house debut with the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]] in ''[[La Cenerentola]]'',<ref name="Duisburg Cenerentola 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operamrhein.de/menschen/alasdair-kent/|title=Alasdair Kent|website=Deutsche Oper am Rhein|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> where he was critically praised for "his effortlessly radiant tones,"<ref name="Duisburg Cenerentola 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.ioco.de/duisburg-deutsche-oper-la-cenerentola-gioacchino-rossini-ioco-kritik/|title=Duisburg, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, LA CENERENTOLA - Gioacchino Rossini, IOCO Kritik|website=IOCO Kultur im Netz|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and his "ease above the staff," and "beautiful messa di voce.."<ref name="Duisburg Cenerentola 3">{{cite web|url=https://operanederland.nl/2024/04/19/recensie-rossini-la-cenerentola-4/|title=RECENSIE: Rossini – La Cenerentola|website=OperaNederland|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> In concert, he appeared with the [[Orchestre national de Lille]]<ref name="Lille Skin 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.lenouveausiecle.fr/WRITTEN-ON-SKIN|title=WRITTEN ON SKIN|website=Le Nouveau Siècle|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and with the [[Stavanger Symphony Orchestra|Stavanger Symfoniorkester]] in [[George Benjamin (composer)|George Benjamin]]'s ''[[Written on Skin]]''.<ref name="Stavanger Skin 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/benjamins-written-on-skin-236593/30-may-2024/en|title=Benjamin’s Written on Skin|website=Operabase|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

Kent's 2024-25 season started with performances of ''[[The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' with the [[Opéra de Montréal]]<ref name="Montreal Barber 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operademontreal.com/en/shows/barber-seville|title=The Barber of Seville|website=Opéra de Montréal|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>, where one critic called him, "the major vocal discovery of the evening in Almaviva. This is a real ''tenore di grazia'', with a distinguished tone and great finesse in the execution," and calling the performances "a production which is worth seeing, especially for the remarkable Count Almaviva by Alasdair Kent."<ref name="Montreal Barber 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/spectacles/2024-10-01/le-barbier-de-seville/un-barbier-mi-figue-mi-raisin-a-l-opera-de-montreal.php|title= Le barbier de Séville - Un Barbier mi-figue, mi-raisin à l’Opéra de Montréal|website=La Presse.ca|accessdate= October 1, 2024}}</ref> The tenor is scheduled to make a house debut in concert with the [[La Scala|Teatro alla Scala]] in [[Milan]] as Marzio in [[Mozart]]’s ''[[Mitridate, re di Ponto]]'', with [[Christophe Rousset]] conducting [[Les Talens Lyriques]]<ref name="Milan Mitridate 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/2024-2025/concerts/exceptional-concerts/mozart-mitridate-re-di-ponto-les-talens-lyriques-christophe-rousset.html|title=Mitridate, re di Ponto|website=Teatro alla Scala|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and further performances at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]].<ref name="Paris Mitridate 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/en/season-2024-2025/concert-version-of-opera/mitridate-re-di-ponte|title=Mithridate, Mozart|website=Theatre des Champs-Elysees|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He sings ''[[Il turco in Italia]]'' in [[Laurent Pelly]]’s production for [[Opéra National de Lyon|Opéra de Lyon]], conducted by [[Giacomo Sagripanti]].<ref name="Lyon Turco 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-lyon.com/en/programme/saison-2024-2025/opera/il-turco-in-italia|title=Il Turco in Italia|website=Opéra national de Lyon|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He debuts as [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk|Norfolk]] in [[Rossini]]’s ''[[Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra]]'' with the [[Teatro Massimo|Teatro Massimo di Palermo]],<ref name="Palermo Elisabetta 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.teatromassimo.it/event/elisabetta-regina-dinghilterra/|title=Elisabetta Regina d’Inghilterra|website=Fondazione Teatro Massimo|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and as Idreno in [[Rossini]]’s ''[[Semiramide]]'' with [[Rouen Opera House|Opéra de Rouen]]<ref name="Rouen Semiramide 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operaderouen.fr/programmation/semiramis/|title=Sémiramis|website=Opéra de Rouen|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> and the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]].<ref name="Paris Semiramide 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/saison-2024-2025/opera-en-concert-et-oratorio/semiramide|title=Semiramide|website=Theatre des Champs-Elysees|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref> He also debuts as [[Pylades|Pylade]] in [[Gluck]]’s ''[[Iphigénie en Tauride]]'' with the [[Teatro de la Maestranza]] in [[Seville]].<ref name="Seville Iphigenie 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.teatrodelamaestranza.es/es/shows/detalle/336/iphigenie-en-tauride/|title=Iphigénie en Tauride|website=Teatrodelamaestranza.es|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

==Voice==

AKent's voice is often described as a ''[[tenore di grazia]]''<ref name="Basel Barber 5"/> or [[Tenore contraltino|Rossini tenor]],<ref name="Montpellier Cenerentola 3"/> though he has labelled it simply as a "high tenor."<ref name="operawire.com"/><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=alasdairkent |postid=C89hjdAIGQf |title=Achille in IPHIGÉNIE EN AULIDE at @festivalaix - premiering TONIGHT! |date=3 July 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref> He is frequently associated with [[bel canto]],:<ref name=limelight/><ref name=giargiari>{{cite web|url=https://avaoperablog.typepad.com/avaoperablog/2016/10/ava-resident-artists-win-big-during-the-giargiari-bel-canto-competition.html|title=AVA Resident Artists Win Big During the Giargiari Bel Canto Competition|website=AVA Opera Blog|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}</ref><ref name=pu24>{{cite web|url=https://www.pu24.it/2017/08/05/rof-alla-scoperta-alasdair-kent-tenore-australiano-sognava-cantare-pesaro-questa-la-mecca/233815/|title=Rof, alla scoperta di Alasdair Kent, tenore australiano che sognava di cantare a Pesaro|website=Pesaro Urbino 24|date=5 August 2017 |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=onlinemerker>{{cite web|url=https://onlinemerker.com/basel-theater-il-barbiere-di-siviglia-produktion-der-komischen-oper-berlin/|title=BASEL/ Theater: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Produktion der Komischen Oper Berlin)|website=Online Merker|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> his ~~principal~~most ~~repertoire includes~~performed roles are those of [[Rossini]], and [[Mozart]],<ref name="Olyrix Summary"/> though he also sings [[Donizetti]], [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]]~~, [[Bizet]],~~ and [[Verdi]].<ref name=operabase>{{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/artists/alasdair-kent-30901/en|title=Alasdair Kent, tenor|website=Operabase|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> ~~However,~~He hestarted ~~has~~adding ~~also~~French ~~performed~~[[haute-contre]] ~~works~~roles byto ~~composers~~his asrepertoire in 2023, ~~diverse~~such as those of [[~~Tchaikovsky~~Rameau]] and [[~~Stravinsky~~Gluck]].<ref name=~~avabio~~"Zurich Platee 1"/><ref name="Aix Iphigenie 1"/><ref name="Seville Iphigenie 1"/>

==Repertoire==

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==Personal life==

Kent was in a relationship with Benedikt Schobel, principal [[bassoon]]ist of [[Sinfonieorchester Basel]], which ended in 2024.<ref name="operawire.com">{{cite web|url=https://operawire.com/q-a-alasdair-kent-on-mozart-bel-canto-his-beginnings/|title=Q & A: Alasdair Kent on Mozart, Bel Canto & His Beginnings|website=OperaWire|date=10 January 2023 |accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch/de/orchester/mitglieder/fagott.html|title=Fagott|website=[[Sinfonieorchester Basel]]|accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=alasdairkent |postid=C_NveTGA8He |title=A few months ago, after four and a half years together |date=28 August 2024 |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> The two did perform in concert together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baerenstutz.ch/event-erfassung/ultra-alasdairkent|title=Alasdair Kent "Arien"|website=Bärenstutz1|date=11 June 2023 |accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref> The tenor enjoys [[weightlifting]] and is a [[champagne]] enthusiast.<ref name="operawire.com"/> He has frequently cited fellow Australian [[Joan Sutherland|Dame Joan Sutherland]] as a vocal inspiration.<ref name="operawire.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.operaphila.org/backstage/opera-blog/2016/emerging-artist-blog-alasdair-kent/|title=Q&A with Emerging Artist Alasdair Kent|website=[[Opera Philadelphia]]|accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://opera.wolftrap.org/tenor-alasdair-kent-in-the-spotlight/|title=Tenor Alasdair Kent in the Spotlight|website=[[Wolf Trap Opera]]|date=24 June 2017 |accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref> He speaks multiple European languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pu24.it/2017/08/05/rof-alla-scoperta-alasdair-kent-tenore-australiano-sognava-cantare-pesaro-questa-la-mecca/233815/|title=Rof, alla scoperta di Alasdair Kent, tenore australiano che sognava di cantare a Pesaro: "Questa è la Mecca"|website=pu24.it|date=5 August 2017 |accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alasdairkent.com/about|title=About|website=Alasdair Kent|accessdate=November 5, 2023}}</ref>

==Awards==

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==Discography==

* [[Gioachino Rossini]]'s ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]''—[[Vasilisa Berzhanskaya]] (Isabella), Alasdair Kent (Lindoro), Pablo Ruiz (Taddeo), Ricardo Seguel (Mustafà), Lilian Farahani (Elvira), Esther Kuiper (Zulma), Jose Coca Loza (Haly), La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel & [[Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century]], Giancarlo Andretta (conductor), [[Glossa Music]], 2023.<ref name="Discog 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=561|title=GIOACHINO ROSSINI L'italiana in Algeri|website=Glossa Music|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref>

* [[~~Poul~~Benjamin ~~Ruders~~Britten]]'s ''~~[[The~~Our ~~Thirteenth~~Hunting ~~Child]]~~Fathers''~~—Sarah~~, ~~Shafer~~''Quatre ~~(Princess~~Chansons ~~Lyra)~~Françaises'', ~~Tamara~~''Symphonic ~~Mumford~~Suite ~~(Queen~~from ~~Gertrude),~~[[Gloriana]]''—[[Mark ~~Ashraf Sewailam (Drokan)~~Padmore]], ~~Matt~~[[Christina ~~Boehler (King Hjarne)~~Landshamer]], Alasdair Kent (~~Prince~~The ~~Frederic),~~Lute ~~David Portillo (Benjamin~~Song), ~~Alex Rosen (Corbin), Bridge Academy Singers &~~ [[~~Odense~~Sinfonieorchester ~~Symphony Orchestra|Odense Symfoniorkester~~Basel]], [[~~Benjamin~~Ivor ~~Shwartz]] & [[David Starobin~~Bolton]] (~~conductors~~conductor), ~~Bridge~~Prospero ~~Records~~Classical, ~~2019~~2022.<ref name="Discog 2">{{cite web|url=https://~~bridgerecords~~prospero-classical.com/~~products~~album/britten-our-hunting-fathers-and-other-works/~~9527~~|title=~~Poul~~Benjamin ~~Ruders~~Britten: ~~The~~Our Hunting Fathers, ~~Thirteenth~~4 ~~Child~~Chansons françaises and Suite from "Gloriana"|website=~~Bridge~~Prospero ~~Records~~Classical|accessdate=~~August~~October 162, 2020}}</ref>

* [[Poul Ruders]]' ''[[The ~~Exquisite~~Thirteenth ~~Hour~~Child]]''~~—Alasdair~~—Sarah Shafer (Princess Lyra), Tamara Mumford (Queen Gertrude), Ashraf Sewailam (Drokan), Matt Boehler (King Hjarne), Alasdair Kent (~~tenor~~Prince Frederic), David ~~Wickham~~Portillo (~~pianist~~Benjamin), ~~2021~~Alex Rosen (Corbin), Bridge Academy Singers & [[Odense Symphony Orchestra|Odense Symfoniorkester]], [[Benjamin Shwartz]] & [[David Starobin]] (conductors), Bridge Records, 2019.<ref name="Discog 3">{{cite web|url=~~http~~https://~~www.alasdairkent~~bridgerecords.com/~~discography~~products/9527|title=~~Discography~~Poul Ruders: The Thirteenth Child|website=~~Alasdair~~Bridge ~~Kent~~Records|accessdate=~~June~~August 1216, ~~2021~~2020}}</ref>

* ''The Exquisite Hour''—Alasdair Kent (tenor), David Wickham (pianist), 2021.<ref name="Discog 4">{{cite web|url=http://www.alasdairkent.com/discography|title=Discography|website=Alasdair Kent|accessdate=June 12, 2021}}</ref>

==References==