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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|date=October 2017 |accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Montpellier Italiana 3">{{cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/litaliana-in-algeri-montpellier-des-vessies-pour-des-lanternes/|title=ROSSINI, L'italiana in Algeri --Montpellier|website=ForumOpera|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref> [[Toulon Opera|Opéra de Toulon]]<ref name="Toulon Italiana 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operadetoulon.fr/spectacles/lyrique-l-italienne-a-alger/203.htm|title=L'ITALIENNE À ALGER|website=Opéra de Toulon|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref> and also a new production for the [[Hungarian State Opera]], created by Máté Szabó and conducted by [[Francesco Lanzillotta]].<ref name="Budapest Italiana 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.opera.hu/en/news/rossinis-litaliana-in-algeri-at-the-erkel-theatre/| title= Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri at the Erkel Theatre|website=Opera.hu|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref> He performed small roles in a new production of [[George Benjamin (composer)|George Benjamin]]’s ''[[Written on Skin]]'' with [[Opera Philadelphia]],<ref name="Philadelphia Skin 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/on-stage-2017-2018/written-on-skin/| title= Written on Skin|website=Opera Philadelphia|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref> and also in Rossini’s ''[[Mosè in Egitto]]'' at the [[Teatro di San Carlo|Teatro San Carlo di Napoli]] conducted by Stefano Montanari.<ref name=sancarlo>{{cite web|url=https://www.teatrosancarlo.it/en/spettacoli/mose-in-egitto.html?lang=en|title=Mosè in Egitto|website=Teatro di San Carlo|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> He also sang ''[[La Cenerentola]]'' with [[Portland Opera]].<ref name="Portland Cenerentola 1">{{cite web|url= https://archive.orartswatch.org/a-cinderella-story-for-modern-times/|title=A Cinderella story for modern times|website=Oregon Artswatch|accessdate=September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Portland Cenerentola 2">{{cite web|url= https://www.wweek.com/arts/theater/2018/07/23/its-difficult-to-imagine-a-more-inviting-point-of-entry-into-the-world-of-opera-than-la-cenerentola/|title=It's Difficult to Imagine a More Inviting Point of Entry into the World of Opera Than "La Cenerentola"|website=Willamette Week|date=23 July 2018 |accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Portland Cenerentola 3">{{cite web|url= https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/gioachino-rossini-portland-opera|title= Portland Opera's Presentation of Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola, Newmark Theater, Opens 7-13-2018|website=Oregon Music News|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Portland Cenerentola 4">{{cite web|url= https://www.sfcv.org/articles/review/portland-opera-well-worth-trip|title=Portland Opera is Well Worth The Trip|website=San Francisco Classical Voice|accessdate= September 22, 2024}}</ref>

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> 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>