Germán Enrique Alcántara joins cast of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra

Opera Rara and the Hallé announce a cast change in their upcoming recording and performance of the original 1857 version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Nicola Alaimo has had to withdraw from the production due to illness and Argentinian baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara will now sing the title role of Simon Boccanegra. Together with Eri Nakamura (Amelia), Iván Ayón-Rivas (Gabriele Adorno) and William Thomas (Jacopo Fiesco), Alcántara will make his role debut with this production. This will also mark his Opera Rara debut and studio recording debut.

A graduate of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artist scheme, Alcántara has been prize-winner in many international singing competitions including the Audience Prize at the Tenor Viñas Competition in Barcelona and First Prize in the Concours Lyrique International ad Alta Voce in Paris.  Having recently worked with Covent Garden’s Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano, Alcántara returns to London in July to sing the role of Cesare Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca.