Roberto Alagna

Roberto Alagna (June 7th 1963) is a Ténor French.

Biography

Born with Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), wire of sicilian immigrants. He learns how to sing by itself, then meets a professor who decides to teach the lyric art to him.

Until the 22 years age, it occurs in the Parisian cabarets. Then, after having gained the Contest Pavarotti in 1988, it begins as lyric tenor in the role from Alfredo Germont from Traviata from Verdi. Very quickly, its career knows a rapid rise, which leads it on the principal world lyric scenes (Scala of Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House of London, Opéra Bastille of Paris, etc).

Following the death of his first wife (long illness) of which it had a girl, it marries the Rumanian Soprano Angela Gheorghiu with which it has, today, recorded many discs and played in many operas.

It counts many roles with its credit and its discography very wide, is concentrated on roles in French and Italian, with rare exceptions like Latin of the Te Deum of Berlioz.

Its clear stamp, its youthful voice and its neat diction are appropriate particularly for certain roles, like Romeo ( Romeo and Juliette of Gounod), Manrico ( the Trouvere ) or Edgard ( Lucie de Lammermoor , in the French version). He made redécouvrir in French Cyrano of Bergerac of Alfano. One of the characteristics which add to the clearness of its French diction is that it is one of the rare singers rather systematically to keep the natural sound of the R French , not rolled.

In 2003, he played in the film-opera of Benoît Jacquot Tosca with his wife.

At the time of the French national festival, the July 14th 2005, it interprets the Marseillaise in front of the grandstand. The same year, it records a disc taking again several airs and duets of Opérette ( Roberto Alagna sings Luis Mariano ), sold with 400.000 specimens.

December 10th, 2006, the tenor leaves the scene of Scala, at the end of the first air of Aïda, after having heard whistles among the spectators. Its lining, Antonello Palombi, still out of shirt and blue jean, takes again the role of Radames immediately. Stephan Lissner, which directs Scala, announces to him the following day that he is not any more welcome. Alagna is defended by evoking to it Malayan physics which would have seized him and tackles the direction of Scala: “When I left scene, nobody worried about know if I went well or not, whereas I have problems of glycemia (...) There is non-assistance with anybody in danger.”

In January 2007, it publishes its autobiography I am not the fruit of the chance .

In February 2007, he sings the Juggler of Notre-Dame of Massenet in Corum Berlioz of Montpellier.

In July of the same year, it presents a world creation of an opera of which it wrote the booklet and the orchestration with his brothers: " The last day of a condamné". This adapted big first of the famous work of Victor Hugo accepted an enthusiastic reception on behalf of the public of the Theater of the Champs Elysées of Paris.

In August 2007, he sings with great Manrico success of the Trouvère of Made green with the Choregies d'Orange where he sings every summer since 1998.

In September 2007, it takes part in Marseilles with his wife Angela Gheorghiu with the world creation of " Marius and Fanny" , opera made up of Vladimir Cosma according to works of Marcel Pagnol.

Metropolitan Opera of New York will open its lyric season 2007/2008 with the famous tenor in the work of Gounod " Romeo and Juliette ".

Roles

Alfredo ( Traviata of Made green)
Manrico ( the Trouvere of Made green)
Gift Jose ( Carmen of Bizet)
Rodolfo ( Bohemian the of Puccini)
Romeo ( Romeo and Juliette of Gounod)
Edgar ( Lucia di Lammermoor of Donizetti)
Mario Cavaradossi ( Tosca of Puccini)
Nemorino ( Elisir d' Amore of Donizetti)
Cyrano ( Cyrano of Bergerac of Alfano)
Gift Carlo ( Gift Carlos of Made green)
Werther ( Werther of Massenet)
the Knight Of Grieux ( Manon of Massenet)
Faust ( Faust of Gounod)
Knight Of Grieux ( Manon Lescaut of Puccini)
Hoffmann ( Tales of Hoffmann of Offenbach)

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