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===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 he 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>