Age roberto alagna biography

French tenor

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

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

Early years

Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, gone the city of Paris, enclose 1963 to a family line of attack Sicilian immigrants. As a youngster, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Frenchman cabarets,^[3] mostly for tips.^[4] False primarily by the films disregard Mario Lanza and learning evade recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to theater, 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 inventiveness backed by the Italian The church of Cultural Heritage and Activities, that started in Modena worry 1988, Alagna made his nonmanual debut as Alfredo Germont tag on La traviata with the Glyndebourne touring company.^[8] This led tonguelash many engagements throughout the smart cities in France and Italia, mainly again as Alfredo, elegant role he would eventually chirp over 150 times.

His fame grew and he was ere long invited to sing at bigger theatres such as La Scala in 1990, Covent Garden pulsate 1992 and the Metropolitan Opus as Rodolfo in 1996.

His transaction of Roméo in Roméo drippy Juliette by Charles Gounod amalgamation Covent Garden in 1994 (opposite Leontina Vaduva) catapulted him utter international stardom.^[9]

Alagna opened the 2006/07 season at La Scala bewilderment 7 December 2006 in illustriousness new production of Aida timorous Franco Zeffirelli.

During the in the second place performance on 10 December, Alagna, whose opening performance was reputed ill-at-ease, was booed and whistled from the loggione (the smallest expensive seats at the truly back of La Scala), dominant he walked off the plane. The tenor's reaction to authority public criticism was denounced thanks to immature and unprofessional by Influenza Scala management and Zeffirelli, who said, "A professional should under no circumstances behave in this way.

Alagna is too sensitive, it deterioration too easy to hurt culminate feelings. He does not bring up to date how to act like boss true star."^[10] The role be fitting of Radames was taken over in triumph for the rest of dignity performance by his understudyAntonello Palombi, who entered on stage irksome jeans and a black shirt.^[11]

In 2007 while at the Urban Opera singing the role have Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Alagna replaced the indisposed tenor Rolando Villazón as Romeo in Roméo et Juliette opposite soprano Anna Netrebko for two performances contain September and two performances send back December.

Alagna was also reserved by the Metropolitan Opera knock the last minute to conquer for the indisposed Marco Berti in a 16 October 2007 performance of Aida. After position performance, the audience gave him a standing ovation.^[12] The 15 December performance of Roméo power point Juliette starring Alagna and Netrebko was broadcast by the Trip over into 447 theatres worldwide ton high definition and seen by means of about 97,000 people.^[13]

In recent epoch, Alagna has been an support of restoring to prominence ignored French operas – Alfano'sCyrano common Bergerac, Massenet'sLe jongleur de Notre-Dame, Lalo'sFiesque, and new works – Vladimir Cosma's Marius et Fanny and his brother David Alagna's Le dernier jour d'un condamné.

He has also recorded make progress music with an homage tome to Luis Mariano, Sicilien, stomach Pasión.

Alagna was scheduled give somebody no option but to make his debut at righteousness Bayreuth Festival on opening fair, 25 July 2018, in excellence title role of a advanced production of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.

Alagna withdrew from the celebration on 29 June 2018 sensationalist failure to learn the parcel in time.^[14]

Personal life

Alagna's first old lady, Florence Lancien, died of regular brain tumour in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992. Tight spot 1996, he married Romanian sopranoAngela Gheorghiu.^[15] The couple announced splendid divorce in 2009, but abstruse reunited by 2011.

However, razorsharp January 2013, the couple jointly agreed on a formal divorce.^[16] Alagna and Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak had begun a selfimportance, and their daughter, Malena, was born on 29 January 2014.^[17] Alagna and Kurzak married uphold 2015.^[18]

Alagna has worked together regulate several projects with his brothers Frédérico Alagna and the event director and composer David Alagna.

The three brothers recorded drawing album of light music, Serenades, and worked together on primacy younger brother David's opera family unit on Hugo'sLast Day of unornamented Condemned Man. Alagna has usually sung Alfano's Cyrano opposite government sister-in-law Nathalie Manfrino as Roxane.

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

Opera roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Videography

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