René Barbera

René Barbera is a Mexican-American tenor. He was the recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition in 2011, and winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition in 2008.

Roles

 * Ernesto debut in Donizetti's Don Pasquale - Wiener Staatsoper
 * Il Conte d’Almaviva debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia - Dutch National Opera
 * Riccardo Percy debut in Donizetti's Anna Bolena - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
 * Title role debut in Mozart’s Idomeneo - Teatro Massimo
 * Idamore debut in Donizetti’s Il Paria - Opera Rara
 * Il Conte d’Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia - Japanese debut at the New National Theatre
 * Elvino in Bellini’s La Sonnambula - Debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
 * Metropolitan Opera debut as Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri
 * Teatro alla Scala debut as Ernesto in Don Pasquale

Awards

 * 2008 - Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition
 * 2011 - Recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition