Countertenor and conductor Alberto Miguélez Rouco began his musical training in A Coruña, where he studied piano and voice. He later moved to Basel to pursue advanced vocal studies at the Musik Akademie, complementing his education with studies in performance, vocal pedagogy, harpsichord and basso continuo. Throughout his career, he has further refined his artistic development with leading specialists in historically informed performance, including René Jacobs and Philippe Jaroussky.
Specialising in Baroque repertoire, he has established an international career as both singer and conductor, appearing regularly in opera, oratorio and concert. He has worked with conductors including William Christie, Georges Petrou, Christophe Rousset, Paul Agnew and Josep Pons, and has appeared as a soloist with ensembles and orchestras such as the Freiburger Barockorchester, Les Arts Florissants, Les Talens Lyriques, Ensemble Elyma, Trondheim Baroque Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.
His operatic repertoire includes L’incoronazione di Poppea and Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi; Dido and Aeneas by Purcell; Orpheus by Telemann; Die Zauberflöte by Mozart; and Partenope and Ottone by Handel.
As an oratorio soloist, he has performed works including Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo by Caldara; Israel in Egypt and Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno by Handel; Miserere by Hasse; Gloria by Vivaldi; St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat by Bach; Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi; Requiem in C minor by Michael Haydn; Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saëns; and Stabat Mater by Pergolesi.
During the 2024/25 season, he was Artist-in-Residence at Spain’s Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical (CNDM), where he took part in several projects, including the revival of El robo de las sabinas by Francisco Corselli and Clori, Tirsi e Fileno by Handel.
As artistic director of his ensemble Los Elementos, he has embarked on the first complete recording of José de Nebra’s stage works, including Vendado es Amor, no es ciego (Glossa), Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa (Glossa), Venus y Adonis (Aparté), El diablo mudo and La divina Filotea. In 2020, he released his first solo album, Cantadas (Pan Classics), followed in 2025 by a recording of Requiem by José de Torres (Château de Versailles).
