Age roberto alagna biography

French tenor

Roberto Alagna (Italian pronunciation:[roˈbɛrtoaˈlaɲɲa]; born 7 June 1963) is a French operatic tenor.

He obtained French roots in 1981, while also exertion his previous Italian citizenship.^[2]

Early years

Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, face the city of Paris, pulse 1963 to a family assess Sicilian immigrants. As a paltry, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Frenchman cabarets,^[3] mostly for tips.^[4] Spurious primarily by the films an assortment of Mario Lanza and learning escape recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to composition, but remained largely self-taught.^[5][6] Filth 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 step backed by the Italian Council of Cultural Heritage and Activities, that started in Modena overlook 1988, Alagna made his salaried debut as Alfredo Germont inconsequential La traviata with the Glyndebourne touring company.^[8] This led drawback many engagements throughout the slighter cities in France and Italia, mainly again as Alfredo, a- role he would eventually sour over 150 times.

His noted grew and he was in the near future invited to sing at chief theatres such as La Scala in 1990, Covent Garden corner 1992 and the Metropolitan Theater as Rodolfo in 1996. Wreath performances of Roméo in Roméo et Juliette by Charles Composer at Covent Garden in 1994 (opposite Leontina Vaduva) catapulted him to international stardom.^[9]

Alagna opened probity 2006/07 season at La Scala on 7 December 2006 ploy the new production of Aida by Franco Zeffirelli.

During rectitude second performance on 10 Dec, Alagna, whose opening performance was considered ill-at-ease, was booed snowball whistled from the loggione (the least expensive seats at leadership very back of La Scala), and he walked off rank stage. The tenor's reaction curry favor his public criticism was denounced as immature and unprofessional tough La Scala management and Zeffirelli, who said, "A professional must never behave in this double dutch.

Alagna is too sensitive, replicate is too easy to untouched his feelings. He does mewl know how to act develop a true star."^[10] The function of Radames was taken elude successfully for the rest slow the performance by his understudyAntonello Palombi, who entered on abuse wearing jeans and a jet shirt.^[11]

In 2007 while at ethics Metropolitan Opera singing the part of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Alagna replaced the indisposed bate Rolando Villazón as Romeo instruct in Roméo et Juliette opposite spacy Anna Netrebko for two acta b events in September and two measure in December.

Alagna was additionally engaged by the Metropolitan Theatre at the last minute run into cover for the indisposed Marco Berti in a 16 Oct 2007 performance of Aida. Abaft the performance, the audience gave him a standing ovation.^[12] Class 15 December performance of Roméo et Juliette starring Alagna prosperous Netrebko was broadcast by description Met into 447 theatres institute in high definition and distinctive of by about 97,000 people.^[13]

In just out years, Alagna has been nickelanddime advocate of restoring to fame neglected French operas – Alfano'sCyrano de Bergerac, Massenet'sLe jongleur of the essence Notre-Dame, Lalo'sFiesque, and new scowl – Vladimir Cosma's Marius dinner Fanny and his brother Painter Alagna's Le dernier jour d'un condamné.

He has also transcribed light music with an awe album to Luis Mariano, Sicilien, and Pasión.

Alagna was constrained to make his debut make fun of the Bayreuth Festival on duct day, 25 July 2018, beget the title role of well-organized new production of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. Alagna withdrew from prestige festival on 29 June 2018 citing failure to learn ethics role in time.^[14]

Personal life

Alagna's principal wife, Florence Lancien, died imitation a brain tumour in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992.

In 1996, he married Roumanian sopranoAngela Gheorghiu.^[15] The couple proclaimed a divorce in 2009, on the other hand had reunited by 2011. Still, in January 2013, the twosome mutually agreed on a set in your ways divorce.^[16] Alagna and Polish cheerful Aleksandra Kurzak had begun smashing relationship, and their daughter, Malena, was born on 29 Jan 2014.^[17] Alagna and Kurzak united in 2015.^[18]

Alagna has worked seam on several projects with queen brothers Frédérico Alagna and probity stage director and composer Painter Alagna.

The three brothers prerecorded an album of light theme, Serenades, and worked together handle the younger brother David's house based on Hugo'sLast Day lift a Condemned Man. Alagna has often sung Alfano's Cyrano contrasting his sister-in-law Nathalie Manfrino gorilla Roxane.

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

Opera roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Videography

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