MARCELO RAUL ÁLVAREZ 

BORN ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY 1962 IN CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA, IS TODAY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LYRIC TENOR ON INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

AT THE AGE OF FIVE, HE IS ENROLLED IN THE ESCUOLA DE NIÑOS CANTORES DE CÓRDOBA, WHERE HE STUDIES MUSIC UNTIL HE IS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE RECEIVES BOTH A DIPLOMA OF CHOIR PREPARER AND MUSIC PROFESSOR. AT THE END OF THIS COURSE OF STUDY AND DESPITE HIS MUSICAL BACKGROUND, HE NOT ONLY ASSUMES THE CHARGE OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE FURNITURE COMPANY OF THE FAMILY IN CÓRDOBA BUT ALSO STARTS UNIVERSITY STUDIES AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS.

FOR YEARS HE HAS COMPLETELY ABANDONED HIS MUSICAL STUDIES EVEN THOUGH HIS PASSION FOR SINGING REMAINS ALIVE IN HIM. AS A MATTER OF FACTS, AT THE AGE OF THIRTY, AFTER A LOT OF PERFORMANCES OF POPULAR MUSIC IN THE BARS AND KARAOKE IN HIS FREE TIME, IT GROWS IN HIM THE DESIRE TO SING. NOT KNOWING IN WHICH STYLE TO TRY, HIS WIFE SUGGESTS HIM TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDY OF LYRICAL SINGING.

HE MAKES AN AUDITION WITH MAESTRO LIBORIO SIMONELLA WHO, AFTER LISTENED HIM, ADVISES HIM TO UNDERTAKE THE STUDY OF SINGING IN HIS CÓRDOBA.

AT THAT TIME HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OPERA IS RATHER POOR BUT IN 1992 HE STARTS SINGING LESSONS WITH PROF. NORMA RISSO. AFTER A YEAR OF STUDY, ÁLVAREZ GOES BACK TO MAESTRO SIMONELLA WHO, AFTER LISTENING TO HIM AGAIN AND SEEING THE IMPROVEMENTS ACHIEVED, DECIDES TO TAKE HIM AS A PUPIL. THIS MEANS TRAVELLING EVERY WEEK FROM CÓRDOBA TO BUENOS AIRES TO FOLLOW THE LESSONS OF MAESTRO LIBORIO SIMONELLA. IT IS A 12 HOUR BUS JOURNEY FOR THE ONE WAY AND THE SAME FOR THE RETURN BUT, HIS STRONG DETERMINATION ALLOWS HIM TO PURSUE HIS GOAL. IN THIS PERIOD THE GOLDVAITZ FAMILY HELPS HIM ECONOMICALLY TO ALLOW HIM TO PAY FOR THE VERY EXPENSIVE LESSONS AND THE EGEA FAMILY HELPS HIM FOR THE JOURNEYS. IN THE MEANWHILE, ÁLVAREZ STARTS STUDYING REPERTOIRE WITH MAESTRO HORACIO ROGNER.

MAESTRO SIMONELLA IS SO FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED BY THE TALENT OF HIS PUPIL TO PREDICT THAT, WITHIN FOUR YEARS, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SING WORLD-WIDE. HE BEGINS THEREFORE TO TAKE PART IN SEVERAL AUDITIONS AT THE TEATRO COLON IN BUENOS AIRES EVEN THOUGH, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, HE DOES NOT GET THE HOPED SUCCESS.

DURING THIS PERIOD, ALVAREZ PERFORMS IN SEVERAL THEATRES IN ARGENTINA: HIS FIRST ROLE IS THE "CONTE D'ALMAVIVA" IN "IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA" BY ROSSINI, IN CORDOBA, IN JUNE OF 1994.

AFTER THAT HE SINGS IN " LUISA FERNANDA" BY FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA WITH ISMAEL PONS AT TEATRO AVENIDA IN BUENOS AIRES; IN DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR, IN "ELISIR D’AMORE" AT TEATRO ROMA IN AVELLANEDA, IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES.

IN DECEMBER 1994 THE LEGENDARY TENOR GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO IS INVITED TO MAKE A MASTERCLASS BY THE "COLLEGIO NACIONAL DE BUENOS AIRES", AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO LISTEN TO THE NEW PROMISES OF PROFESSIONAL SINGERS OF TEATRO COLÓN THE DIRECTOR OF WHICH, DOTT. HORACIO SANGUINETTI CONVINCED OF THE TALENT OF ÁLVAREZ SUCCEEDS IN PUTTING HIM IN THE LIST OF CANDIDATES. THANKS TO THIS LUCKY COINCIDENCE, DI STEFANO, AFTER LISTENING TO ÁLVAREZ AND TALKING TO THE AUDIENCE PRESENT AT THE THEATRE SAYS: "YOU HAVE GOOD INSTINCTS, YOU REMIND ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG" AND TURNING TO THE AUDITORIUM ADDS: "THIS MAN SINGS WITH HEART, HE WILL HAVE A GREAT CAREER". IN THE END, DI STEFANO WHISPERS IN ALVAREZ'S EAR "SELL EVERYTHING AND GO TO ITALY IMMEDIATELY".

IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES MAESTRO LUCIANO PAVAROTTI USED TO ORGANIZE PERIODICALLY WORLD-WIDE AUDITIONS IN OCCASION OF HIS “PAVAROTTI INTERNATIONAL VOICE COMPETITION”. WHEN PAVAROTTI ARRIVES IN BUENOS AIRES AND LISTEN TO THE AUDITION OF ÁLVAREZ IN FEBRUARY 1995, HE IMMEDIATELY INVITES HIM TO GO TO PHILADELPHIA (USA) THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHERE THE LAST PHASE OF HIS COMPETITION TAKES PLACE.

BESIDES PAVAROTTI'S INVITATION, ÁLVAREZ RECEIVES ANOTHER ONE FROM ISMAEL PONS TO SING THE OPERA “MARINA” IN MINORCA (SPAIN) ORGANIZED FOR THE SPANISH BARITONE JUAN PONS. THESE FIRST PERFORMANCES ALLOW ÁLVAREZ TO WORK ON HIS VOICE AND TO IMPROVE HIS ACTOR TALENT. THANKS TO THE TRUST OBTAINED THROUGH THESE FIRST EXPERIENCES AND BOTH DI STEFANO AND PAVAROTTI'S ENCOURAGEMENT, ÁLVAREZ AND HIS WIFE DECIDE TO SELL EVERYTHING THEY POSSESS AND TO MOVE TO EUROPE TO LET ÁLVAREZ'S CHANCES TO GO ON WITH HIS CAREER AS AN OPERA SINGER INCREASE. IN THE

MEANWHILE, ÁLVAREZ STARTS TAKING LESSONS WITH MAESTRO RENATO SASSOLA.

IN 1995 ÁLVAREZ ARRIVES IN EUROPE AND IS IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, STARTING WITH THE OPERA “MARINA” IN SPAIN. IN JULY HE MOVES TO MILAND AND ONLY SEVEN DAYS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN ITALY, ÁLVAREZ WINS A SINGING COMPETITION IN PAVIA. WITHIN ONE MONTH HE STIPULATES SEVERAL CONTRACTS WITH TEATRO LA FENICE IN VENICE WHERE HE IS LISTENED BY MAESTRO FRANCESCO SICILIANI, AND WITH TEATRO CARLO FELICE IN GENOA WHERE HE MAKES AN AUDITION WITH THE GREAT CONDUCTOR GIANANDREA GAVAZZENI. BOTH GAVAZZENI AND SICILIANI IMMEDIATELY CONTRACT ÁLVAREZ WHOSE DEBUT IN LA FENICE IN VENICE TAKES PLACE IN SEPTEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. IN THAT OCCASION, MAESTRO SICILIANI OFFERS ÁLVAREZ TO CHOOSE THE ROLE FOR HIS DEBUT AND HE DECIDES FOR THE DIFFICULT CHARACTER OF ELVINO IN “LA SONNAMBULA” BY BELLINI.

IN NOVEMBER 1995 IN GENOA ÁLVAREZ SWITCHES TO THE FIRST COMPANY AND HAS TO SING THE PART OF ALFREDO IN “LA TRAVIATA” BY VERDI. HE SINGS THIS ROLE TOGETHER WITH ONE OF THE BEST ITALIAN SOPRANO, MARIELLA DEVIA WHO SINGS THE ROLE OF VIOLETTA IN THE SAME PRODUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT IS DEVIA HERSELF WHO WANTS ÁLVAREZ AS A SINGING PARTNER DESPITE HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE ON THE STAGE AT FIRST INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS ACCLAIMED BY THE CRITICS, ÁLVAREZ SINGS THE ROLE OF ALFREDO IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS IN THEATRES ALL OVER THE WORLD, FROM HAMBURG TO LONDON, FROM THE MET TO LA SCALA AND FROM TOKYO TO WIEN. HE IS ALSO APPROACHED BY EUROPEAN THEATRES TO SING NEW ROLES AMONG WHICH 2LA FILLE DU REGIMENT” IN BILBAO, “DER ROSENKAVALIER” IN GENOA, “RIGOLETTO” IN TRIEST: ALL THESE PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE IN 1996.

IN 1997 HE SINGS IN “I PURITANI”, “WERTHER”, “MANON”, “LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX” AND “LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR”.

AS A RESULT OF HIS GROWING POPULARITY AND ENTHUSIASTIC APPRECIATION BY PUBLIC OPINION SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER ÁLVAREZ STARTS SINGING ON SEVERAL OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS STAGES WORLD-WIDE. HE MAKES HIS DEBUT IN A VERY DEMANDING SERIES OF NEW ROLES IN ITALIAN BEL CANTO AND IN FRENCH OPERAS.

HE SINGS TEN ROLES IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HIS CAREER; THIS MARKS HIS QUICK RISING ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. HE CONFIRMS HIS REPUTATION IN LYRIC ROLES SUCH AS DUCA DI MANTOVA IN “RIGOLETTO”, ALFREDO IN “LA TRAVIATA”, WITH 150 PERFORMANCES IN BOTH OF THE OPERAS, “LA FILLE DU REGIMENT”, “DER ROSENKAVALIER”, AND EDGARDO IN “LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR”.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1997 MARCELO SINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN “I PURITANI” BY BELLINI SINGING THE ROLE OF ARTURO AT THE TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA. IN SPRING OF THE SAME YEAR HE REPLACES ALFREDO KRAUS IN "WERTHER" BY MASSENET AT TEATRO CARLO FENICE IN GENOA. THE ITALIAN PRESS SHOWS THE APPROVAL FOR THE NATURAL TALENTS OF THE NEW TENOR. ÁLVAREZ ATTRACTS ALSO THE ATTENTION OF THE RECORD LABEL SONY CLASSICAL AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE OF “RIGOLETTO” IN TOULOUSE AND WITH IT HE SIGNS AN EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT PRODUCING SIX CD’S IN THE SPACE OF SIX YEARS.

SINCE 1997, FOR THREE YEARS ALONG, MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER OF THE OPERA “RIGOLETTO” IN TRIEST, TOULOUSE, VERONA, BUENOS AIRES, NEW YORK AND PARIS (THE EXHIBITION OF JUNE 1999 AT THEATRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE IS BROADCAST LIVE ON TELEVISION ALL OVER EUROPE).

IN 1997, THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN LINDON, TEMPORARILY UNFIT BECAUSE OF RENOVATIONS, SEES TRANSFERRING ITS PERFORMANCES TO THE ROYA FESTIVAL HALL WHERE, IN NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR, ALVAREZ DEBUTS IN CONCERT WITH “LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX” BY DONIZETTI.

IN 1998 HE SINGS “LA TRAVIATA” AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL AND HE PERFORMS IN THE SAME PRODUCTION IN TOURNEE AT THE COVENT GARDEN, IN BADEN BADEN, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PLACIDO DOMINGO.

HIS REAL DEBUT AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN LONDON TAKES PLACE IN SEPTEMBER 2000 WITH “I RACCONTI DI HOFFMANN” BY OFFENBACH. ÁLVAREZ FREQUENTLY PERFORMS IN LONDON AND OFTEN EMPHASIZES THAT THIS CITY OCCUPIES A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART BECAUSE "IT'S THE FIRST PLACE WHERE I HEARD THE PUBLIC SHOUT MY NAME"

IN 1998 ÁLVAREZ DEBUTS AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN IN A PRODUCTION OF “LINDA DI CAMOUNIX”, AND AT THE END OF THE SAME YEAR HE SINGS AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK IN FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI'S NEW PRODUCTION OF LA TRAVIATA CONDUCTED BY JAMES LEVINE; IN THE SAME OPERA HE PERFORMS THEN AT THE ROMAN THEATER IN ORANGE, FRANCE, IN VIENNA, IN PARIS AND AT THE DEUTSCHE OPER IN BERLIN.

IN AUTUMN 1998 HIS FIRST CD AS A SOLO SINGER COMES OUT: ITS TITLE IS “BEL CANTO” AND IT IS DISTRIBUTED BY SONY CLASSICS. THREE OTHER ONES FOLLOW: "MARCELO ÁLVAREZ SINGS GARDEL" DEDICATED TO THE ARGENTINIAN TANGO OF CARLOS GARDEL, "FRENCH OPERA ARIAS" AND "THE TENOR'S PASSION", A COLLECTION OF THE MOST POPULAR OPERA ARIAS. MOREOVER, ÁLVAREZ HAS PUBLISHED A COMPLETE ALBUM OF THE OPERA "MANON" TOGETHER WITH RENEE FLEMING, LIVE RECORDING BY THE “L’OPERA DE LA BASTILLE” IN PARIS. ÁLVAREZ MAY ALSO BE APPRECIATED ON OTHER SEVERAL DVD’S SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, “LA BOHEME” OF THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA, “RIGOLETTO” OF THE COVENT GARDEN, OF THE LICEU IN BARCELLONA AND IN THE CITY OF SIENA, “LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR” RECORDED IN GENOVA AND TOKYO, “WERTHER” FROM STAATOPER IN WIEN, “TOSCA” FROM THE ARENA DI VERONA AND “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE TEATRO REAL IN MADRID.

ÁLVAREZ GOES BACK TO BUENOS AIRES IN SPRING1999 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM “MARCELO ÁLVAREZ IN SEARCH OF GARDEL” WHICH TELLS THE REALIZING OF THE CD BY ÁLVAREZ, NAMELY “MARCELO ÁLVAREZ SINGS GARDEL". THIS CD OFFERS TO THE MODERN AUDIENCE A REPRODUCTION OF THE MOST FAMOUS TANGOS, HONORING THE SPIRIT AND STYLE OF THE LEGENDARY "TANGUERO" CARLOS GARDEL. THE SONGS OF THIS ALBUM, ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY GARDEL BEFORE HIS PREMATURE DEATH IN 1935, REPRESENT SOME OF THE MOST TRADITIONAL TANGOS.

AS ALREADY MENTIONED, IN 1997 ÁLVAREZ DEBUTS IN "WERTHER" BY MASSENET AND SINGS THE RIOLE IN OTHER EIGHT OPERA HOUSES AMONG WHICH THE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON, THE STAATSOPER IN WIEN AND MUNICH IN THE FOLLOWING NINE YEARS.

ÁLVAREZ HAS ALSO SUNG, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE ROLE OF EDGARDO IN "LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR" BY DONIZETTI PRESENTING HIMSELF IN ELEVEN OPERA HOUSES SUCH AS THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK, THE LYRIC OPERA IN CHICAGO, THE OPERNHAUS IN ZURICH, THE NATIONAL THEATER IN MUNICH AND IN THE CITIES OF TOKYO, TRIEST, GENOA, NAPLES AND LONDON IN ONLY SIX YEARS.

IN AUTUMN 2001 ÁLVAREZ SINGS THE ROLE OF DUCA DI MANTOVA, IN THE NEW AND RATHER COMMENTED PRODUCTION OF” RIGOLETTO” BY THE SCOTTISH DIRECTOR DAVID MC VICAR, AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON. IN 2009 ÁLVAREZ PERFORMS IN ANOTHER PRODUCTION BY MC VICAR, NAMELY IN “IL TROVATORE” BY VERDI AT THE MET.

IN THIS PERIOD ALVAREZ ALSO IMPROVES THE INTERPRETATION OF FRENCH REPERTOIRE, SINGING HIS "WERTHER" IN TRIEST, IN TOULOUSE, AT THE COVENT GARDEN, AT THE STAATOPER IN WIEN AND IN MUNICH WHERE HE SINGS ALSO “ROMEO E GIULETTA”, “FAUST” IN MUNICH AND IN NAPLES, AS WELL AS “MANON” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, AT THE SAN CARLO IN NAPLES AND AT THE OPERA DE LA BASTILLE; HE HAS DEBUTED IN “I RACCONTI DI HOFFMANN” AT THE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON.

IN JANUARY 2002, HE SINGS THE ROLE OF ALFREDO IN “LA TRAVIATA” TOGETHER WITH INVA MULA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW TEATRO DEGLI ARCIMBOLDI IN MILAN WHICH IS THE TEMPORARY HOUSE OF TEATRO LA SCALA UNTIL 2004.

IN 2002 AND 2003 HE GOES ON PERFORMING BY THE SAME THEATRE DEBUTING IN “LUCREZIA BORGIA” BY DONIZETTI AND IN “LA BOHEME” BY PUCCINI. THE PRODUCTION OF “LA BOHEME”, AT THE VERY BEGINNING PLANNED FOR LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, IS DIRECTED BY FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI.

IN JUNE 2003, ÁLVAREZ AND THE ITALIAN TENOR SALVATORE LICITRA RECORD "DUETTO", AN ALBUM OF ROMANTIC BALLADS based on OPERA "ARIAS" AND OTHER CLASSICAL MELODIES: FROM A SELECTION OF THE CONTENTS OF "DUETTO", A CONCERT AT THE COLOSSEO IN ROME IS ORGANIZED. THIS CONCERT IS BROADCAST ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES BY PUBLIC TV PBS; LATER ON, IN SUMMER, ÁLVAREZ PERFORMS IN ANOTHER CONCERT IN NEW YORK AT THE CENTRAL PARK FOR AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 50.000 PEOPLE.

ÁLVAREZ HAS PERFORMED WITH MANY OF THE GREATEST CONDUCTORS AMONG WHOM GIANANDREA GAVAZZENI, JAMES LEVINE, ZUBIN METHA, LORIN MAAZEL, CLAUDIO ABBADO, RICCARDO MUTI, DANIEL OREN, BRUNO BARTOLETTI, MARCELLO VIOTTI, LOPEZ COBOS, JAMES COLON, RICCARDO CHAILLY, STEFANO RANZANI, JULES RUDEL, MIGUEL ANGEL VELTRI, ANTONIO PAPPANO, MICHAEL PLASON, RENATO PALUMBO, NICOLA LUISOTTI, SEMYON BYCHKOV, PHILIPPE JORDAN, GIANANDREA NOSEDA E MARCO ARMILIATO.

HE HAS ALSO PERFORMED WITH MANY OF THE MOST WORLDWIDE POPULAR SOPRANOS, AMONG WHOM RENEE FLEMING MARIELLA DEVIA, EDITA GRUBEROVA, NATHALIE DESSAY, DANIELA DESSI, ANGELA GHEORGHIU, AND ANNA NETREBKO.

2003 IS THE YEAR WHEN ÁLVAREZ'S TRANSITION TO A MORE DRAMATIC REPERTOIRE OF “LYRICAL SPINTO” TENOR BEGINS: THANKS TO THIS HE GETS SOME OF THE BEST ACHIEVEMENTS.

IN 2004 AT THE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON HE DEBUTS IN “LUISA MILLER” AND IN HIS FIRST RICCARDO IN “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA”. LATER ON, HE SINGS IN PARMA AND THEN IN VALENCIA.

GOING ON WITH HIS WAY TO THE NEW REPERTOIRE, IN 2006 HE DEBUTS IN THE ROLE OF MANRICO IN “IL TROVATORE” BY VERDI IN PARMA WHICH IS A PLACE WELL-KNOWN FOR THE CRITICISM DIRECTED TO TENORS.

SUBSEQUENTLY, HE DEBUTS IN THE ROLE OF CAVARADOSSI IN PUCCINI’S “TOSCA” AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN LONDON PERFORMING WITH THE ROMANIAN SOPRANO ANGELA GHEORGHIU AND THE WELSH BASS-BARITONE BRYN TERFEL; HE SINGS THE SAME ROLE AT THE ARENA DI VERONA WITH FIORENZA CEDOLINS AND THE BASS-BARITONE RUGGERO RAIMONDI IN A NEW PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY THE ARGENTINIAN DIRECTOR HUGO DE ANA.

THE YEAR 2008 SEES HIM ENGAGED IN MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS OF “CARMEN” BY BIZET, STARTING WITH THE DEBUT IN TOULOUSE AND THEN PERFORMING AT MET WITH RUSSIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO OLGA BORODINA IN THE ROLE OF CARMEN, AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE IN LONDON, IN FLORENCE AT THE MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO, AT ORANGE IN FRANCE AND AT PALAU REINA SOFIA IN VALENCIA.               

IN 2009 ÁLVAREZ'S FIRST CD "THE VERDI TENOR" FOR THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY IS PUT ON THE MARKET. ON THE MEANTIME SONY CLASSICS PUTS ON THE MARKET A COLLECTION OF HIS BEST PERFORMANCES: "MARCELO ÁLVAREZ TENORISSIMO".

ÁLVAREZ OPENS THE 2009-2010 SEASON OF MET AS CAVARADOSSI IN PUCCINI’S "TOSCA", WITH THE SOPRANO KARITA MATTILA AND THE BARITONE GEORGE GAGNIDZE: THIS IS A NEW AND CONTROVERSIAL PRODUCTION BY THE SWISS DIRECTOR LUC BONDY WHICH REPLACES THE SUMPTUOUS ONE BY FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI THAT THE MET HAD USED FOR 24 YEARS. THE FIRST PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE ON A VERY BIG SCREEN OUTDOORS IN LINCOLN CENTER’S JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA FOR AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 3.000 PEOPLE, AND ON MORE THAN ONE SCREEN AT TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK, FOR MORE THAN 2.000 PEOPLE. IN OCTOBER THE NEXT PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN BROADCAST AS A PART OF THE SERIES OF THE MET HD, DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE USA AND ALSO IN OTHER 44 COUNTRIES, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OF 300.000 PEOPLE.

IN DECEMBER 2009 HE DEBUTS IN "ANDREA CHENIER" AT THE OPERA DE LA BASTILLE IN PARIS, IN A NEW PRODUCTION BY GIANCARLO DEL MONACO.

IN THE SEASON 2010-2011 HE IS AGAIN COMMITTED IN A PRODUCTION OF “TOSCA” AT THE OPERNHAUS IN ZURIGO AND OF “IL TROVATORE” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK: A DVD OF THIS PRODUCTION TOGETHER WITH SONDRA RADVANOVSKY AND DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY IS PRODUCED.

IN APRIL 2010 HE DEBUTS AT THE COVENT GARDEN IN LONDON THE ROLE OF RADAMES IN “AIDA” BY VERDI.

IN SUMMER 2011 AT THE PALAU REINA SOFIA IN VALENCIA HE GIVES LIFE TO “TOSCA” IN THE "FESTIVAL MEDITERRANEO". AFTERWARDS, HE IS AGAIN AT THE ARENA DI VERONA TO TAKE PART IN THE PRODUCTIONS OF “CARMEN” AND “IL TROVATORE”. AGAIN IN 2011, HE DEBUTS AT THE OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS IN THE ROLE OF DON ALVARO IN “LA FORZA DEL DESTINO" BY VERDI.

IN JANUARY 2012 HE DEBUTS IN A NEW PRODUCTION OF “AIDA” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARCO ARMILIATO. LATER ON, THE PERFORMANCES OF “TOSCA” AND “LUISA MILLER” AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA AND “CARMEN” AT THE ARENA ARE TO BE PUT IN EVIDENCE.  

HE RETURNS AGAIN AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE FOR A NEW PRODUCTION, MADE ALSO FOR THE CINEMA, OF "BALLO IN MASCHERA " UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MAESTRO F. LUISI.

HE IMPROVES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VERDI OPERAS DEBUTING IN "MESSA DA REQUIEM" AT THE TEATRO SAN CARLO IN NAPLES IN FEBRUARY 2013.

IN MAY OF THE SAME YEAR, ÁLVAREZ DEBUTS IN "LA GIOCONDA" AT THE OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS, OPERA WHICH HE SINGS AGAIN IN BERLIN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2014.

IN 2013, HE SINGS IN “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” AT TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN; IN SEPTEMBER AT THE STAASOPER IN WIEN IN “TOSCA” AND LATER ON IN “AIDA” AT THE OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS.

IN 2014 HE IS ENGAGED WITH “IL TROVATORE” AT THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN, “ANDREA CHENIER” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE AND THE OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS, “TOSCA” AT THE BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER IN MUNICH AND PARIS.

IN 2014 HE DEBUTS AT THE OPERA IN ASTANA, PERFORMS AT THE FESTIVAL IN PERELADA AND IN THE OPERA IN SAO PAOLO AND AT THE END OF 2014 HE ALSO RECORDS HIS NEW CD "20 YEARS ON THE OPERA STAGE" IN SAINT PETERSBURG.

IN 2015 ALVAREZ PERFORMS ROLES OF THE CALIBRE OF TURIDDU AND CANIO IN “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” AND “PAGLIACCI” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE AND OPERA IN MONTECARLO, AND CALAF IN “TURANDOT” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

IN NOVEMBER 2016 HE DEBUTS IN “MANON LESCAUT” BY PUCCINI AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE GETTING GREAT APPROVAL AND APPRECIATION BOTH FROM THE AUDIENCE AND MUSICAL CRITICS.

IN 1027 HE RETURNS WITH “TOSCA” TO THE FESTSPIELHAUS IN BADEN BADEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SIR. SIMON RATTLE, PRODUCTION OF WHICH THE DVD RECORDING WAS MADE WITH KRISTINE OPOLAIS IN THE ROLE OF TOSCA.IN ADDITION TO THE “UN BALLO IN MASCHERA” AT THE OPERNHAUS IN ZURICH AND THE “AIDA” AT THE CHOREGIES D’ORANGE, THIS YEAR SEES HIM STARRING IN BUDAPEST WITH A CONCERT OF OPERA ARIAS, AND IN SANTA MONICA WITH A TANGO CONCERT.

2018 BEGINS WITH A RECITAL AT THE GSTAAD WINTER FESTIVAL, SWITZERLANS’S ACCLAIMED FESTIVAL, ACCOMPANIED BY MAESTRO KAMAL KHAN. THEN FOLLOWED THE “TURANDOT” AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, “IL TROVATORE” AT THE OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS, “CARMEN” AT THE STAATSOPER IN WIEN AND “TOSCA” AT THE DEUTSCHE OPER IN BERLIN. HE RETURNS TO LJUBLJANA WITH A CONCERT AT THE REQUEST OF THE SLOVENIAN PUBLIC AND CONCLUDES THE YEAR WITH HIS DEBUT IN “IL TABARRO” BY PUCCINI IN PUCCINI’S TRIPTYCH AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE IN NEW YORK.

HE OPENS 2019 WITH A CONCERT TOUR IN JAPAN AND LATER IN SEOUL WHICH SEES HIM PERFORMING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SOUTH KOREA ENJOYING GREAT SUCCESS AND APPROVAL BY THE SOUTH KOREAN PUBLIC. IN APRIL HE RETURNS TO THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA WITH THE “MANON LEASCAUT” UNDER THE CONDUCTION OF MAESTRO RICCARDO CHAILLY. LATER ON THIS YEAR, HE SINGS “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA” BY MASCAGNI AT THE TEATRO SAN CARLO IN NAPLES, PARTICIPATES AT THE BUDAPEST SUMMER FESTIVAL IN THE ROLE OF CANIO IN LEONCAVALLO’S “PAGLIACCI” AND GSTAAD FESTIVAL IN THE ROLE OF DON JOSE IN “CARMEN” BY BIZET. IN THE AUTUMN OF 2019 HE PERFORMS IN PUCCINI’S “TOSCA” AT THE TEATRO REGIO IN TURIN, AND MAKES A 4 DAY MASTERCLASS AT THE ACCADEMIA DEL TEATRO ALLA SCALA. HE CONCLUDES THIS YEAR WITH LEONCAVALLO’S “PAGLIACCI” AT THE GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU IN BARCELONA.

IN 2020 HE RETURNS TO GENOA WITH THE “ADRIANA LECOUVREUR” AT THE TEATRO CARLO FELICE WITH THE SOPRANO BARBARA FRITTOLI IN THE ROLE OF ADRIANA. BY GREAT REQUEST AFTER THE PREVIOUS YEAR’S MASTERCLASS HE RETURNS FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH A 4 DAY MASTERCLASS AT THE ACCADEMIA ALLA SCALA.

EVEN IF ÁLVAREZ STARTED PROFESSIONALLY WITH THE LYRIC SINGING ONLY RATHER LATE IN HIS LIFE, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP HIS ARTISTIC CAREER VERY CAREFULLY WHETHER IN RELATION TO THE TYPOLOGIES OF THE ROLE PERFORMED AS WELL IN RELATION TO THE PROGRESSION OF STYLES. HIS PRIORITIES ARE TO KEEP THE PRINCIPLES OF BEL CANTO, OF THE TONE QUALITY OF THE VOICE, OF THE VOLUME MODULATION AND THE VOCAL EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS.

THE CHALLENGE AND STIMULES OFFERED BY NEW ROLES ENTHUSE CONTINUOUSLY ÁLVAREZ; THIS IS DEMONSTRATED NOT ONLY BY HIS  BRAVE CHOICE TO CHANGE REPERTOIRE THREE TIMES BUT ALSO BY THE PERFORMANCE OF A NUMBER OF ROLES SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING IN 1994 UNTIL NOWADAYS.THIS WAY, HIS FAME AS A WORLDWIDE ARTIST IS CONFIRMED.

HE LIVES IN SWITZERLAND WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.