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Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna[1] (born near Paris, 7 June ) is a Frenchoperatictenor.
Alagna's family came from Sicily. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, France in When he was a teenager he started singing pop music in Paris cabarets. Later he started to sing in operas. He won the Luciano Pavarotti Voice Competition. He started to sing professionally in singing the part of Alfredo Germont in Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata with the Glyndebourne touring opera Soon he was being asked to sing all over the world in opera houses such as La Scala, Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera. His performances of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod at Covent Garden in made him a great international star. When he sang that role on 15 December at the Metropolitan Opera with Anna Netrebko as Juliet the performance was broadcast by the Met into theaters worldwide in high definition and seen by about 97, people.[2]
Personal life
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Roberto Alagna
French opera tenor (born )
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| Born | () 7 June (age&#;61)[1] Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
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| Occupation | Opera singer (tenor) |
| Years&#;active | –present |
| Spouses | Florence Lancien &#; (died&#;)&#;Angela Gheorghiu &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
Roberto Alagna (Italian pronunciation:[roˈbɛrtoaˈlaɲɲa]; born 7 June ) is a French operatic tenor. He obtained French citizenship in , while also retaining his previous Italian citizenship.[2]
Early years
[edit]Alagna was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the city of Paris, in to a family of 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 from recordings of many historic tenors, he then switched to opera, but
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Hitting the right notes
It's pm and the man they once called the fourth tenor has still not appeared. Somewhere in the distance we can hear the faint strains of Christoph Gluck coming from the Emirates Palace auditorium. Roberto Alagna is rehearsing for his Abu Dhabi debut tonight. Before rehearsals and on the day of a concert he tries not to speak. So there is plenty of time to ponder the life of a top-rank musikdrama star who appears to have acquired a reputation for primadonna behaviour. He and his wife, the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu have been nicknamed the Bonnie and Clyde of opera.
When the door opens, I prepare myself, but in walks charm itself, all disarming smiles. He sighs at the mention of his "difficult" reputation and tries to explain what happened in Milan during a performance of Aida three years ago when he reportedly stormed off the stage, shaking his fist at the audience in anger. The words komma tumbling out in broken English interspersed with French and the occasiona