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Line 20: ===Early career=== Kent made his professional debut in [[Australia]] at the age of 25, as Don Ramiro in ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' with [[Opera Queensland]] in 2013.<ref name=limelight>{{cite web|url=https://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/bel-canto-and-elizabeth-connell-prize-winners-announced/|title=Bel Canto and Elizabeth Connell Prize winners announced|website=Limelight Magazine|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=tdo1>{{cite web|url=https://dallasopera.org/performer/alasdair-kent/|title=Alasdair Kent|website=The Dallas Opera Performer Biographies|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> While at AVA, he made his US concert debut with [[Dallas Opera|The Dallas Opera]] in 2015,<ref name=tdo2>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2015/12/06/female-conductors-a-rarity-shine-at-dallas-opera-workshop-concert/|title=Female conductors – a rarity – shine at Dallas Opera workshop concert|website=The Dallas Morning News|date=6 December 2015 |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> and his US operatic debut in 2016 with [[Opera Philadelphia]] in ''[[Cold Mountain (opera)|Cold Mountain]]'', an operatic adaptation of [[Charles Frazier]]'s [[Cold Mountain (novel)|novel]] composed by [[Grammy Award]] and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner [[Jennifer Higdon]].<ref name=coldmountain>{{cite web|url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/2/Reviews/PHILADELPHIA__Cold_Mountain.html|title=Cold Mountain review|website=Opera News|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name=coldmountain2>{{cite web|url=https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2015-2016/cold-mountain/|title=Cold Mountain|website=Opera Philadelphia What's On 2015–16|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> His European debut followed in 2017, as Cavaliere Belfiore in ''[[Il viaggio a Reims]]'' for the [[Rossini Opera Festival]] in [[Pesaro]], marking the beginning of his international career.<ref name=rof>{{cite web|url=https://www.rossinioperafestival.it/archivio/anno-2017/il-viaggio-a-reims/|title=Archive of Programs, Stagione 2017|website=Rossini Opera Festival|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> In the subsequent season, 2017-18, Kent sang multiple productions of ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'', with [[Opéra national de Montpellier]],<ref name="Montpellier Italiana 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr/evenement/litalienne-a-alger|title=L'Italienne à Alger|website=Ópera Orchestre National Montpellier|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Montpellier Italiana 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.concertclassic.com/article/litalienne-alger-lopera-de-montpellier-carlingue-sans-bastringue-compte-rendu|title=L’Italienne à Alger à l’Opéra de Montpellier|website=Concert Classic|accessdate=September 22, 2024 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|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|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|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]];<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> | |||