Alasdair Kent

[23] He performed small roles in a new production of George Benjamin’s Written on Skin with Opera Philadelphia,[24] and also in Rossini's Mosè in Egitto at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli conducted by Stefano Montanari.

[42][43] Season 2019-20 saw Kent perform in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Theater Basel[44][45][46] with David Parry conducting Kirill Serebrennikov’s production from the Komische Oper Berlin.

[59][60][61] He also performed Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI conducted by Ottavio Dantone,[62][63] and L'italiana in Algeri in a new production by Ido Ricklin for the Israeli Opera.

[65] Kent began debuting in major theatres in leading roles in 2021-22, with performances of Il barbiere di Siviglia with both the Bayerische Staatsoper[66] and The Dallas Opera.

The length of breath, the articulation, the charm and the panache.."[82] In 2022-23, he returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper to make a role debut as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail,[83] and for performances of La Cenerentola in a cast including Florian Sempey and Erwin Schrott,[84] in Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's historic production which premiered at Teatro alla Scala in 1973.

[97] Major debuts continued in 2023–24 with performances as the title role in Haydn’s Orlando paladino at the Teatro Real Madrid[98] and the Gran Teatre del Liceu,[99] with Giovanni Antonini conducting Il Giardino Armonico and a cast that included Emőke Baráth.

He debuted as Narciso in Il turco in Italia for Opernhaus Zürich,[100] where he also appeared as Thespis in a new production of Rameau’s Platée with Emmanuelle Haïm conducting La Scintilla.

[103] 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.

[103] Other performances included a house debut with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in La Cenerentola,[105] where he was critically praised for "his effortlessly radiant tones,"[106] and his "ease above the staff," and "beautiful messa di voce.."[107] In concert, he appeared with the Orchestre national de Lille[108] and with the Stavanger Symfoniorkester in George Benjamin's Written on Skin.

[109] Kent's 2024–25 season started with performances of Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Opéra de Montréal,[110] 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.

"[111] The tenor is scheduled to make a house debut in concert with the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Marzio in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto, with Christophe Rousset conducting Les Talens Lyriques[112] and further performances at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

[117] He also debuts as Pylade in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride with the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville,[118] as Valère, Don Carlos, Tacmas & Damon in Rameau's Les Indes galantes for The Grange Festival with Leonardo García Alarcón and the Cappella Mediterranea,[119] and Toante in Tommaso Traetta's Ifigenia in Tauride with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques with the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik.

Richard Bonynge and Alasdair Kent at the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award in 2016