Alex Britton, baritone, makes his West Bay Opera debut singing the roles of Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana and Tonio/Taddeo in Pagliacci.

Mr. Britton’s operatic roles include Figaro and the Count (Le nozze di Figaro), Germont (La traviata), Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Leporello and the title role in Don Giovanni, Father (Hansel and Gretel), Iago (Otello), Pizzaro (Fidelio), Count di Luna (Il trovatore), and the title roles in Don Pasquale and Gianni Schicci. He has sung leading roles with Opera Salamanca, Spain, Aspen Opera Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Chelsea Opera, NY, One World Symphony, and Teatro de las Artes in Medellin, Colombia. He debuted the role of Anselmo in San Diego Repertory Theater’s world premier of the bilingual opera, Burning Dreams.

A native of Colombia, Mr. Britton has produced, designed, performed, and directed over 300 operas. He is Artistic Director of El Dorado Opera in southern California, a company he co-founded with his father and sister. He created The Sevilla Project to translate into Spanish the most famous operas set in Seville, Spain.