Alasdair Kent ’17 · tenor
Hometown
Perth, Australia
Education
B.M. from the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA); Lisa Gasteen National Opera School.
Competitions
First Prize, Mildred Miller International Voice Competition, 2016; James Parkinson Opera Foundation First Prize and Walter and Alice Strine, Esqs. Audience Prize, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, 2016; Bel Canto Award and Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto Prize, Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award, 2016; Second Prize, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2016; Second Place Regional Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (North West), 2016; Encouragement Award, Opera Index Vocal Competition, 2015; Grant Winner, Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2015; Grant Winner, Career Bridges Grant Awards, 2015; Grant Winner, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2015; First Prize, Violetta DuPont Vocal Competition, 2015; Regional Finalist and Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Middle Atlantic), 2015.
Previous Roles
Dr. Richardson (cover), Breaking the Waves, Opera Philadelphia; Ritornello, L’opera seria, Wolf Trap Opera; Don Odoardo, Don Procopio, Lost and Found Opera; Junior/Charlie, Cold Mountain, Opera Philadelphia; Prince Claus (cover), Becoming Santa Claus, The Dallas Opera; Ernesto (cover), Don Pasquale; Gherardo, Gianni Schicchi; both with Merola Opera Program; Count Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Prelude to Performance, The Martina Arroyo Foundation; Don Ramiro, La Cenerentola, Opera Queensland; Tom Rakewell (cover), The Rake’s Progress, Queensland Conservatorium
Roles at AVA
- Farewell Recital
- Lucia di Lammermoor · Chorus
- An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro · Rinuccio
- Werther · Schmidt
- Russian Romances
- L'italiana in Algeri · Lindoro
- La bohème · Parpignol
- Manon · Guardsman, Sergeant
- Pique Dame · Chekalinsky
- Cosi Fan Tutte · Ferrando
