René Barbera is a second-year member of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In the current season, he will be heard in Carmen, Un ballo in Maschera, Fanciulla del West, and Lohengrin. In the summer of 2010, Mr. Barbera was heard as Don Ramiro in the Ryan Opera Center’s production of La cenerentola. In the summer of 2011, he will make his debut with Opera Theatre of St. Louis as Tonio in La fille du régiment and will be heard as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicci at the Castleton Festival. Concert engagements this year included Handel’s Messiah with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Chicago Philharmonic. Future engagements will take Mr. Barbera to Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera Company, The Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, and Vancouver Opera.
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