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ALESSANDRO CALAMAI
Italian bass baritone Alessandro Calamai graduated from the L. Cherubini Music Conservatory of Florence as a pupil of A. Desderi.
He later perfected his craft with E. Schwarzkopf, A. Dermota, M.Tonelli and R. Capecchi.
He has won many vocal competitions, among them the As.Li.Co. (Milan) in 1986 and
the M. Battistini Competition (Rieti) in 1987, resulting in his debut as Marcello and
Schaunard in LA BOHEME. (Puccini) In 1988
he debuted the roles of: Paolo in SIMON
BOCCANEGRA (Verdi) and Sharpless in MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) in Rome and
Rieti, roles that has continued to sing on a regular basis.
Having a great interest in the music of the
18th century, he has frequently performed roles such as Conte Robinson in IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO (Cimarosa) – which he debuted in Cosenza - and Uberto in LA SERVA
PADRONA (Pergolesi) in Florence during the
1989-90 season.
Highlights of Alessandro's career include performances in 1991 of Sharpless at the Rendano Theatre in Cosenza. The following year he
performed two important Donizetti roles, Dulcamara in L'ELISIR D'AMORE and Don Pasquale in DON PASQUALE at the Teatro Sociale di Mantova.
In 1993, he debuted the role of Poliziotto in LADY MACBETH (Shostakovich) at the
Teatro Comunale of Florence under the direction of Semyon Bychkov. This production
was revived in the spring of 1998.
In Pisa, the following year he sang the role of the Pilot in IL PICCOLO PRINCIPE (Vavolo).
In 1996, he took part in a production of LA SERVA PADRONA that toured throughout
Italy and Spain performing in cities such as Reggio Emilia, Verona and Arezzo and Aviles, Pontevedra, Vigo, Orense and Santander.
In 1997, important performances include IL TRACCOLLO (Pergolesi) in Catania, Florence and Angouleme and Gasparo in RITA (Donizetti) in Venice.
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That same year he took part in
the production of L'ORFEO
(Monteverdi) conducted by Rene’ Jacobs and directed by Luca Ronconi, and the next year
included performances of
Charpentier’s TE DEUM, both at
the Teatro Comunale of Florence.
He also sang in a gala concert
in Shanghai, sponsored by the
Arena di Verona Foundation and
performed the role of Manasse
in DIE BRAUTWAHL (Busoni) in
Empoli.
Performances in subsequent years include the roles of IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA,
Nardo in
IL FILOSOFO DI CAMPAGNA (Galuppi), Bogdanovich in THE MERRY WIDOW (Lehar)
at the Arena di Verona, IL TRACCOLLO, as well as the roles of Nerbulone and Tiferne
in ELIOGABALO (Cavalli) and Conte Robinson in IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO. In
March 2000 he sang the role of Bellarosa in I VIRTUOSI AMBULANTI (Fioravanti) in
Sassari, and that summer he performed in the first Festival Costa Azahar in Castillon
(Spain) in the role of Mustafa’ in L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI (Rossini). In 2001 he debuted
the role of Bartolo in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) in the city of Ferrara and in
2002, Morales in CARMEN (Bizet) at the Arena di Verona, conducted by A. Lombard
and directed by F. Zeffirelli.
In 2003, he sang IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA (Cimarosa) in Parma and Teramo, IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, conducted by F. La Vecchia, and once again at the Arena di
Verona in LA TRAVIATA, conducted by D. Renzetti and directed by P. Panizza.
PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE (Rossini) in La Spezia.
During the winter season he returned to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in
Rigoletto conducted by Luisi, directed by Graham Vick; in the summer 2004, he again
worked with Vick in the Arena di Verona in LA TRAVIATA (Barone Douphol, conducted
by D. Callegari).
He returned to Verona the following summer to sing in LA GIOCONDA, directed by
Pizzi.
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Among his 2005 engagements are MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Teatro del Giglio of Lucca and Regio of
Parma, TOSCA and LA TRAVIATA at the Teatro Comunale of Florence.
In 2006, he debuted the role of Leporello in DON
GIOVANNI (Mozart) in Arezzo, Il Maestro di Cappella
(Cimarosa) in Udine
Belluno
Linz and
Bad
Kreuznach.
He was also Bass Soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence.
Recent participations include LE NOZZE DI FIGARO,
LA TRAVIATA and IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA in Rome
for The Arts Academy and IL MAESTRO DI SCUOLA
(Telemann) at the Teatro Sociale of Rovigo as well as
Don Magnifico in LA CENERENTOLA at the Accademia di S.Cecilia of Rome in 2007. Among future engagements are PRIMA LA MUSICA POI LE PAROLE
(Salieri) in Cremona, L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI in Brescia, and IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Don Bartolo) in
Aviles, ŒDIPUS REX, (Stravinskij) in Rome.
Alessandro Calamai has made numerous recordings, among which IL FILOSOFO DI
CAMPAGNA, I VIRTUOSI AMBULANTI, Il CONTE POLICRONIO, LA ROMANZIERA E
L’UOMO NERO, IL DIVERTIMENTO DEI NUMI and TRACCOLLO for the Bongiovanni
label.
For the Philips label, he recorded the role of the Sagrestano
in TOSCA conducted by Seiji
Ozawa, and took part in the recording of LA TRAVIATA conducted by Zubin Mehta. He also
recorded DIE BRAUTWAHL
(Busoni), LA CONTADINA
ASTUTA (Pergolesi-Hasse) and
the REQUIEM MASS by G. B.
Girolami for the Kicco Classic
label and ELIOGABALO (Cavalli)
for Ducale.
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Bass baritone Alessandro Calamai also performs often in concerts and recitals, with a
repertoire that spans from Baroque to Contemporary music.
REPERTORY
G. BIZET
Morales CARMEN
BUSONI
Manasse DIE BRAUTWAHL
G. DONIZETTI
Dulcamara ELISIR D’AMORE
Don Pasquale DON PASQUALE
Gasparo RITA
SHOSTAKOVITCH
Poliziotto LADY MACBETH
GALUPPI
Nardo IL FILOSOFO DI CAMPAGNA
MONTEVERDI
............ ORFEO
CAVALLI
Nerbulone, Tiferne ELIOGABALO
FIORAVANTI
Bellarosa I VIRTUOSI AMBULANTI
PERGOLESI
Uberto LA SERVA PADRONA
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ROSSINI
Bartolo BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Mustafa’ ITALIANA IN ALGERI
Don Magnifico CENERENTOLA
CIMAROSA
Conte Robinson MATRIMONIO SEGRETO
W. A. MOZART
Leporello DON GIOVANNI
Don Alfonso COSI’ FAN TUTTE
G. PUCCINI
Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Schaunard BOHEME
Sagrestano TOSCA
G. VERDI
Paolo SIMONE BOCCANEGRA
Barone, Dottore TRAVIATA
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La serva Padrona
Carmen
Italiana in Algeri
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La Serva Padrona
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