ALINA TAMBORINI

Soprano Alina Tamborini has garnered critical acclaim for her powerful performances, with The New York Times praising her as "unusually big-voiced and feisty," and Broadway World describing her as "luxurious." This season, Ms. Tamborini will take the stage as Euridice in Orfée ed Euridice with Libero Canto, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Bronx Opera, Adele in Die Fledermaus with Opera Magnifico, Claire Clairmont in the world premiere of A Strange Power with Princeton Sound Kitchen, and Gloria in Handel’s Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria, HWV 143 with La Grande Bande as well as singing the soprano solo in Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël.

Last season, Ms. Tamborini debuted three new roles as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Sofia in Il signor Bruschino with Bronx Opera, and Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with Teatro Nuovo, marking her return to Lincoln Center. She also made her house debut with Bel Cantanti Opera as Adele in Die Fledermaus.

In recent seasons, Ms. Tamborini performed as Blanche in The Dialogues of the Carmélites, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, premiered Nirmali Fenn’s When Apathy Becomes Betrayal, and sang the soprano solo in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, she brought live opera back to New York City’s stages with Teatro Nuovo, performing as Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia. She made her Lincoln Center debut in 2019 as Isoletta in La Straniera with Teatro Nuovo.

Notable engagements with Michigan State University Opera Theatre include: Despina in Così fan tutte, Romilda in Serse, Miss Lavish in A Room With a View, and Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore. Her operatic roles at Stony Brook include: Aminta in Il re Pastore, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Céphise in Pigmalion, and Adele in Die Fledermaus.

Ms. Tamborini holds a Master of Music from Stony Brook University and a Bachelor of Music from Michigan State University.