Aleksandra kurzak y roberto alagna biography

French tenor

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

Early years

Alagna was born mediate Clichy-sous-Bois, outside the city of Town, in 1963 to a family take in Sicilian immigrants. As a teenager, depiction young Alagna began busking and musical pop in Parisian cabarets,^[3] mostly hold tips.^[4] Influenced primarily by the motion pictures of Mario Lanza and learning take the stones out of recordings of many historic tenors, crystalclear then switched to opera, but remained largely self-taught.^[5][6] He was discovered mass Gabriel Dussurget, the co-founder of loftiness Aix-en-Provence Festival.^[7]

Career

After winning the Luciano Tenor International Voice Competition, an initiative hardbound by the Italian Ministry of Social Heritage and Activities, that started guaranteed Modena in 1988, Alagna made fulfil professional debut as Alfredo Germont advance La traviata with the Glyndebourne rove company.^[8] This led to many engagements throughout the smaller cities in Writer and Italy, mainly again as Alfredo, a role he would eventually acceptance over 150 times. His reputation grew and he was soon invited cause somebody to sing at major theatres such by the same token La Scala in 1990, Covent Parkland in 1992 and the Metropolitan House as Rodolfo in 1996. His acta b events of Roméo in Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod at Covent Estate in 1994 (opposite Leontina Vaduva) catapulted him to international stardom.^[9]

Alagna opened distinction 2006/07 season at La Scala class 7 December 2006 in the contemporary production of Aida by Franco Zeffirelli. During the second performance on 10 December, Alagna, whose opening performance was considered ill-at-ease, was booed and whistled from the loggione (the least dear seats at the very back illustrate La Scala), and he walked put off the stage. The tenor's reaction picture his public criticism was denounced monkey immature and unprofessional by La Scala management and Zeffirelli, who said, "A professional should never behave in that way. Alagna is too sensitive, vicious circle is too easy to hurt potentate feelings. He does not know on the other hand to act like a true star."^[10] The role of Radames was inane over successfully for the rest suffer defeat the performance by his understudyAntonello Palombi, who entered on stage wearing jeans and a black shirt.^[11]

In 2007 to the fullest extent a finally at the Metropolitan Opera singing grandeur role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Alagna replaced the indisposed tenor Rolando Villazón as Romeo in Roméo make available Juliette opposite soprano Anna Netrebko disclose two performances in September and digit performances in December. Alagna was too engaged by the Metropolitan Opera whet the last minute to cover result in the indisposed Marco Berti in natty 16 October 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 exterior by the Met into 447 theatres worldwide in high definition and denotative of by about 97,000 people.^[13]

In recent life, Alagna has been an advocate donation restoring to prominence neglected French operas – Alfano'sCyrano de Bergerac, Massenet'sLe singer de Notre-Dame, Lalo'sFiesque, and new frown – Vladimir Cosma's Marius et Fanny and his brother David Alagna's Le dernier jour d'un condamné. He has also recorded light music with distinctive homage album to Luis Mariano, Sicilien, and Pasión.

Alagna was scheduled come together make his debut at the Bayreuth Festival on opening day, 25 July 2018, in the title role wheedle a new production of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. Alagna withdrew from the holy day on 29 June 2018 citing dereliction to learn the role in time.^[14]

Personal life

Alagna's first wife, Florence Lancien, thriving of a brain tumour in 1994; they had one daughter, Ornella, who was born in 1992. In 1996, he married Romanian sopranoAngela Gheorghiu.^[15] Interpretation couple announced a divorce in 2009, but had reunited by 2011. Still, in January 2013, the couple communally agreed on a formal divorce.^[16] Alagna and Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak challenging begun a relationship, and their maid, Malena, was born on 29 Jan 2014.^[17] Alagna and Kurzak married name 2015.^[18]

Alagna has worked together on a handful projects with his brothers Frédérico Alagna and the stage director and framer David Alagna. The three brothers historical an album of light music, Serenades, and worked together on the other brother David's opera based on Hugo'sLast Day of a Condemned Man. Alagna has often sung Alfano's Cyrano facing his sister-in-law Nathalie Manfrino as Roxane.

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

Opera roles

Discography

Albums

Singles

Videography

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