A native of
Villabate, Alaimo studied at the
Palermo Conservatory and then the L'Accademia di
La Scala in Milan before making his début in 1977 at the
Teatro Fraschini in Pavia as the title hero in
Gaetano Donizetti's
Don Pasquale. Shortly thereafter he joined the roster of singers at the
Teatro Massimo in his home city. In 1980 he made his first appearance at the
Piccola Scala in a production of
Carlo Evasio Soliva's
La testa di bronzo and performed for the first time at the
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Radamanto in
Giulio Caccini's
Euridice. That year also marked his debut at the
Festival de Ópera de Las Palmas and the
Teatro Carlo Felice, two places he has sung with some frequency. In 1982 he performed for the first time at the
Teatro di San Carlo, the
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, the
Liceu, and the
Rossini Opera Festival. He sang the role of Mustafà in
Gioachino Rossini's ''
L'italiana in Algeri for his United States debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1987. He reprised the role the following year for his first performance in the United Kingdom at the Royal Opera, London. In 2011, he appeared at Teatro Massimo Bellini, in Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
, and Le Convenienze Ed Inconvenienze Teatrali.'' His nephew,
Nicola Alaimo, is a successful baritone, born in 1978, who has worked with
Riccardo Muti, among other conductors. ==Notes==