John Aler (October 4, 1949 – December 10, 2022)[1] was an American lyric tenor who performed in concerts, recitals, and operas.
[2] In 1977, he made his operatic debut as Ernesto in Donizetti's Don Pasquale at the Juilliard School's American Opera Center.
That same year he won first prizes for men and for the interpretation of French art song at the Concours International de Chant in Paris.
Aler made his Covent Garden debut in 1986 as Ferrando in Così fan tutte, returning in 1988 as Percy in Donizetti's Anna Bolena.
[7] In 2000 and 2001, he portrayed Beadle Bamford opposite George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Timothy Nolen, Davis Gaines and Neil Patrick Harris in a concert tour of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.