Australian tenor Alasdair Kent is known for “his evenly produced tenor, refined technique and intense expressiveness,” (Opera News) a voice “of great clarity, and of beautiful projection,” (Opera Online) and for marrying “striking good looks with delicious sound.” (San Francisco Classical Voice) An internationally-acclaimed interpreter of Rossini and Mozart, his high tenor repertoire also encompasses the Romantic music of Bellini, Donizetti and Bizet, as well as the Baroque and early-Classical music of Rameau and Gluck. Recent engagements include performances with the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, the Bayerische Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, the Rossini Opera Festival and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

This season, he performs Marzio (Mitridate, re di Ponto) at La Scala in Milan and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at Opéra de Montréal, Norfolc (Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra) at Teatro Massimo, Pylades (Iphigénie en Tauride) at Teatro de la Maestranza, Frederic (The Pirates of Penzance)  at the West Australian Opera, Idreno (Semiramide) at Opéra de Rouen, and Narciso (Il Turco in Italia) at Opéra de Lyon, Les Indes Galantes at the Grange Festival, and Toante (Ifigenia in Tauride) at the Innsbruck Festwochen der Alten Musik.

Highlights from Kent’s past seasons: Il Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, The Dallas Opera; Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola) at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Lindoro (L’italiana in Algieri) at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam; Ferrando (Così fan tutte) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg; Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at the Bayerische Staatsoper; Don Narciso (Il turco in Italia) at Opernhaus Zürich; title role in Haydn’s Orlando Paladino at Teatro Real Madrid & Gran Teatre del Liceu; and Achille (Iphigénie en Aulide) at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

An alumnus of the Academy of Vocal Arts, the Merola Opera Program and of young artist programs with Wolf Trap Opera and Opera Philadelphia, he has won numerous awards, including the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award, and the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition. He makes his home in Switzerland and can be found on Instagram, Facebook, X and Tiktok under @alasdairkent.