| Biography | Alexandru Agache is a Romanian operatic baritone who has had an active international career since 1979. Agache made his professional opera debut in 1979 at the Cluj-Napoca Romanian National Opera as Silvano in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
In 1987, Agache toured to Tokyo with the Berlin State Opera where he performed the role of Count Almaviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. In 1988, he made his debut at the Royal Opera House in London as Renato in Un Ballo in maschera. In 1989, he made his debut at La Scala in Milan as Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. In 1992, he made his United States debut at the Houston Grand Opera as the Count di Luna. In 1999, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Simon Boccanegra with Karita Mattila as Amelia, Plácido Domingo as Adorno, and James Levine conducting. In 2000, he made his debut at the Arena di Verona Festival as Don Alvaro in Verdi's La forza del destino. |