René Barbera is a Mexican-American tenor. He was the recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition in 2011, and winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition in 2008. Roles Ernesto debut in Donizetti's Don Pasquale - Wiener Staatsoper Il Conte d’Almaviva debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia - Dutch National Opera Riccardo Percy debut in Donizetti's Anna Bolena - Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Title role debut in Mozart’s Idomeneo - Teatro Massimo Idamore debut in Donizetti’s Il Paria - Opera Rara Il Conte d’Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia - Japanese debut at the New National Theatre Elvino in Bellini’s La Sonnambula - Debut at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie Metropolitan Opera debut as Lindoro in L'Italiana in Algeri Teatro alla Scala debut as Ernesto in Don Pasquale Awards 2008 - Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition 2011 - Recipient of three awards of the Operalia Competition References External links Official website for René Barbera American operatic tenors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Operalia, The World Opera Competition prize-winners Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions 21st-century American male opera singers American musicians of Mexican descent