ARTIST AVATAR
Baritone
Alessandro Corbelli
Italy

About

Biography

During the 2025-26 season, Alessandro Corbelli performs as Doctor Bartolo in The Barber of Seville. Previously at HGO, Corbelli performed as Don Magnifico in Cinderella (2024), Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte (2014), Dr. Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love (2009), Leporello in Don Giovanni (1999), and Dandini in Cinderella (1995). Elsewhere during the 2025-26 season, Corbelli performs as The Sacristan in Tosca with Royal Ballet and Opera and as Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte with Opéra de Monte-Carlo. During the 2024-25 season, he performed as Don Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne and BBC Proms. Since his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1997 as Dandini in Cinderella, Corbelli has returned regularly for The Italian Girl in Algiers, The Elixir of Love, Gianni Schicchi, and Cinderella. He has sung in all the major opera houses: Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Colón, London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, Paris Opera, and Vienna State Opera. He has also sung in Munich, Cologne, Geneva, Madrid, Barcelona, Toulouse, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Florence, and Turin, as well as festivals in Edinburgh, Salzburg, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Corbelli is increasingly active as a teacher and has given masterclasses for the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at London’s Royal Ballet and Opera. He has received many awards, including the prestigious Premio Abbiati della Critica for his performance as Leporello in Don Giovanni at Teatro alla Scala and the Premio Rossini d’Oro for his portrayal of Don Geronio in Il turco in Italia in Pesaro.  

HGO Repertoire

Dandini: LA CENERENTOLA 1995-96 

Leporello: DON GIOVANNI 1999-2000 

Dr. Dulcamara: ELIXIR OF LOVE 2009-10 

Don Alfonso: COSI FAN TUTTE 2014-15 

Don Magnifico: CINDERELLA 2024-25