Roy, Alejandro - Tenor

Biography

Born in Gijón (Spain), tenor Alejandro Roy studied in Florence with the great mezzo-soprano Fedora Barbieri.

Since his debut as Tonio in La fille du régiment at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, he has performed in some of the most relevant Spanish and European theaters. He began to act as a lyrical-light tenor with roles such as Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elvino in La sonnambula, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, etc. His voice began to develop and grow in size, density and squillo incorporating lyrical parts like Macduff in Macbeth, Don José in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Calaf in Turandot, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pollione in Norma and most recently made their debut as Turiddu and Canio in Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci on the same night.

In 2019 he debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with the role of Calaf (Turandot) in the production of Franco Zeffirelli.

His latest appearances also include: Arena di Verona (Tosca, Carmen), San Carlo di Napoli (Turandot), Opera Pa Skaret Festival, Sweden (Don Carlo), Euskalduna de Bilbao (Norma, Carmen, Giovanna d'Arco), Tower del Lago (Tosca, La fanciulla del West), Sferisterio di Macerata (La Traviata), Opera Xiamen China (Carmen), Sao Carlo Lisboa (Norma), Romano Merida Theater (Samson et Dalila), Opéra Nice (Tosca), Wielki Theater Warsaw (Lucrezia Borgia), Lyceum of Barcelona (Nabucco), Savonlinna Castle Finland (Macbeth), Teatro Regio di Parma (La battaglia di Legnano), Theater L. Pavarotti, Modena (La traviata), Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia (Don Carlo), Cervantes Theater, Malaga (Aida, La sonnanbula, Macbeth), Main Theater of Palma, Mallorca (Pagliacci, Cavalleria rusticana, La Boheme, Le villi), Stralsund Opera Theater - Germany (Pagliacci), Verdi Theater, Trieste (Tosca).

You can also highlight his activity in the repertoire of the oratory with works such as Solemn Mass of Rossini, Das lied von der Erde of Mahler, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Verdi’s Requiem and has sung Rossini’s Stabat Materdirected by A. Zedda and Lobgesang by Mendelssohn under the baton of Peter Maag.

In the field of Zarzuela and Spanish opera, she has performed titles such as Doña Francisquita, El gato montés, Luisa Fernanda, La Tabernera del Puerto, La Bruja, El huésped del sevillano, Los Gavilanes, La del Soto del Parral, La leyenda del beso, Marina, El dúo de La Africana, Curro Vargas.

He has performed under the baton of conductors such as Alberto Zedda, Marco Armiliato, Daniel Oren, Stefano Ranzani, Franz-Paul Decker, Peter Maag, Donato Renzetti, Pinchas Steinberg or Renato Palumbo; and has worked with stage directors such as Pier Luigi Pizzi, Daniele Abbado, Massimo Gasparon, Denis Krief, Emilio Sagi, Calixto Bieito, Hugo de Ana or Carlos Wagner.

In 2013 he joined the history of the Teatro de la Zarzuela starring in the first bis of the last 30 years. And in 2014 he was awarded in the 9th edition of the lyrical awards of the Campoamor theater, with the award for the best Spanish opera singer or zarzuela, by Curro Vargas in Curro Vargas of Chapí. Repertoire

Opera

Bellini, V. Norma Pollione Bizet, G. Carmen Don Jose Cilea, F. Adriana Lecouvreur Maurizio* Giordano, U. Andrea Chénier Andrea Chénier* Leoncavallo, R. I pagliacci Canio Mascagni, P. Cavalleria rusticana Turiddu Ponchielli, A. La Gioconda Enzo* Puccini, G. Edgar Edgar* La fanciulla del West Dick Jonson Madama Butterfly Pinkerton* Il tabarro Luigi Tosca Cavaradossi Turandot Calaf Le Villi Roberto Verdi, G. Aida Radames* Un ballo in maschera Riccardo* Don Carlo Don Carlo La forza del destino Don Alvaro* Macbeth Macduff Nabucco Ismaele Otello Otello* Simon Boccanegra Gabriele Adorno* Il trovatore Manrico*

* in preparation Reviews

Il trittico, Tiroler Landestheater, 2019

Spanish tenor Alejandro Roy, a student of Fedora Barbieri, was much celebrated last summer at Torre del Lago as Ramérrez, and then debuted as Calàf at the Metropolitan. The scenic play and the vocal style, with burnished centers and a very safe ring, seemed to us to be ideal for the part of Luigi, faced with all the stylistic rigor that derives from the original habit of "bel canto". –operaclic.com http://www.operaclick.com/recensioni/teatrale/innsbruck-landestheater-il-trittico

Der stimmlich wie darstellerisch höchst attraktive, auf Corelli-Spuren wandelnde, unlängst als „Calaf“ an der MET erfolgreiche spanische Tenor Alejandro Roy (Luigi). – onlinemerker.com https://onlinemerker.com/innsbruck-tiroler-landestheater-il-trittico-musikalis- h-und-szenisch-sehr-ueberzeugend-premiere/

Dafür geriet Tenor Alejandro Roy als "Luigi" zum Publikumsliebling, ein grandioser Puccini-Tenor ohne Make – meinbezirk.at https://www.meinbezirk.at/tirol/c-lokales/liebe-suehne-und-gier_a3791925

Mit prachtvollem Spinto-Tenor begeisterte Alejandro Roy als ihr Geliebter Luigi. – tt.com https://www.tt.com/kultur/buehne/16315953/il-trittico-am-tiroler-landestheater-welt-voll-sch- erz-und-arglist

Turandot, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 2019

Extraordinary the performance of the debutante Alejandro Roy as Calaf, with a genuine tenor voice ‘spinto’ of heroic baritonal timbre and stentorian treble reminded the great voices of the golden age… ––– operaactual.com https://www.operaactual.com/critica/nueva-york-un-debut-magistral/

La fanciulla del West, Torre del Lago, 2019

Next to her, a "iradiddio" of tenor with a burnished, almost baritone stamp, which however in the acute area, where it was legitimate to expect some defaillance due to the great generosity in the centers and in the low, exploded in very easy, brilliant and very powerful treble, such as to excite a public that is not exactly inclined to consensus. For Alejandro Roy I could risk comparisons that are certainly too demanding: for a long time I haven't felt such a virile and powerful color in a tenor voice, such easy and accurate phrasing; every word was understood and every feeling of the character was very well read…. – Marcello Lippi, you-ng.it https://you-ng.it/2019/07/15/la-fanciulla-del-west-e-turandot-65-festival-puc- iniano-di-torre-del-lago-puccini/

The best of the evening was the tenor Alejandro Roy (Dick Johnson / Ramerrez) sure in the ringing and the beautiful clear and powerful timbre. Excellent and very applauded his air of the last act, the famous Ch'ella mi creda, but it has also imposed itself in the duets with the protagonist and with the principal baritone… – www.byst.it

Tosca, Torre del Lago, 2019

With the representation of Tosca on Saturday (August 24th), with the encore of E lucevan le stelle asked loudly by an enthusiastic audience to the Spanish tenor Alejandro Roy, the curtain fell on the 65th Puccini Festival. – Enrico Pace https://www.luccaindiretta.it/cultura-e-spettacoli/item/148148-pucciniano-il-2019-va-in-- rchivio-con-oltre-un-milione-di-incassi.html