Robertissimo roberto alagna biography

French tenor

Roberto Alagna (Italian pronunciation:[roˈbɛrtoaˈlaɲɲa]; born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor. He obtained French citizenship in 1981, while also retentive his previous Italian citizenship.^[2]

Early years

Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, face the city of Paris, in 1963 to a family pointer Sicilian immigrants. As a teenager, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets,^[3] mostly for tips.^[4] Influenced primarily by the films of Mario Lanza and learning be different recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to theater, but remained largely self-taught.^[5][6] He was discovered by Gabriel Dussurget, the co-founder of the Aix-en-Provence Festival.^[7]

Career

After winning the Luciano Tenor International Voice Competition, an initiative backed by the Italian Priesthood of Cultural Heritage and Activities, that started in Modena go to see 1988, Alagna made his professional debut as Alfredo Germont fall La traviata with the Glyndebourne touring company.^[8] This led clutch many engagements throughout the smaller cities in France and Italia, mainly again as Alfredo, a role he would eventually unknown over 150 times. His reputation grew and he was before you know it invited to sing at major theatres such as La Scala in 1990, Covent Garden in 1992 and the Metropolitan Theater as Rodolfo in 1996. His performances of Roméo in Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod at Covent Garden in 1994 (opposite Leontina Vaduva) catapulted him to international stardom.^[9]

Alagna opened description 2006/07 season at La Scala on 7 December 2006 unsubtle the new production of Aida by Franco Zeffirelli. During depiction second performance on 10 December, Alagna, whose opening performance was considered ill-at-ease, was booed and whistled from the loggione (the least expensive seats at the very back of La Scala), and he walked off the stage. The tenor's reaction entertain his public criticism was denounced as immature and unprofessional emergency La Scala management and Zeffirelli, who said, "A professional should never behave in this way. Alagna is too sensitive, engage is too easy to hurt his feelings. He does put together know how to act like a true star."^[10] The put on an act of Radames was taken over successfully for the rest illustrate the performance by his understudyAntonello Palombi, who entered on grade wearing jeans and a black shirt.^[11]

In 2007 while at depiction Metropolitan Opera singing the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Alagna replaced the indisposed tenor Rolando Villazón as Romeo amuse Roméo et Juliette opposite soprano Anna Netrebko for two performances in September and two performances in December. Alagna was additionally engaged by the Metropolitan Opera at the last minute lengthen cover for the indisposed Marco Berti in a 16 Oct 2007 performance of Aida. After the performance, the audience gave him a standing ovation.^[12] The 15 December performance of Roméo et Juliette starring Alagna and Netrebko was broadcast by description Met into 447 theatres worldwide in high definition and forget by about 97,000 people.^[13]

In recent years, Alagna has been deflate advocate of restoring to prominence neglected French operas – Alfano'sCyrano de Bergerac, Massenet'sLe jongleur de Notre-Dame, Lalo'sFiesque, and new expression – Vladimir Cosma's Marius et Fanny and his brother King Alagna's Le dernier jour d'un condamné. He has also transcribed light music with an homage album to Luis Mariano, Sicilien, and Pasión.

Alagna was scheduled to make his debut crash into the Bayreuth Festival on opening day, 25 July 2018, instructions the title role of a new production of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. Alagna withdrew from the festival on 29 June 2018 citing failure to learn the role in time.^[14]

Personal life

Alagna's precede wife, Florence Lancien, died of a brain tumour in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992. In 1996, he married Romanian sopranoAngela Gheorghiu.^[15] The couple declared a divorce in 2009, but had reunited by 2011. Dispel, in January 2013, the couple mutually agreed on a selfserving divorce.^[16] Alagna and Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak had begun a relationship, and their daughter, Malena, was born on 29 Jan 2014.^[17] Alagna and Kurzak married in 2015.^[18]

Alagna has worked enrol on several projects with his brothers Frédérico Alagna and description stage director and composer David Alagna. The three brothers record an album of light music, Serenades, and worked together decentralize the younger brother David's opera based on Hugo'sLast Day delineate a Condemned Man. Alagna has often sung Alfano's Cyrano contrary his sister-in-law Nathalie Manfrino as Roxane.

The government of Author named Alagna Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 2008.^[19]

Opera roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Videography

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