Roberto Alagna
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Born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France on June 7, 1963, opera singer Roberto Alagna is of Sicilian heritage and is one of three brothers born to Italian parents living in France. He began his singing career performing in Parisian cabaret before switching his attention to opera and developing his craft as a tenor. After winning the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition, Roberto Alagna was offered a role in La Traviata, playing the character Alfred Germont in a Glyndebourne production. It proved to be the pivotal break in the artist's career, and he was soon booked for appearances at venues such as La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera. In 1994, he played Romeo opposite Leonitsa Vaduva in a series of critically acclaimed performances at Covent Garden cementing his reputation as an international opera star. Although known for his performances in the great Italian operas, in later years, he championed the cause of lesser-known French operas. Despite his stature within the world of opera, Roberto Alagna remains an enigmatic and mercurial character sometimes prone to emotional outbursts which have led to occasional criticism from promoters and audiences. Nonetheless, he remains an A-list tenor and a favorite amongst international audiences appearing in over 40 operatic roles and releasing over 20 albums, including 1996âs Chants sacrés (number 19 in France), 2005âs Chante Luis Mariano (number 4), 2007âs Credo â Airs sacrés (number 18), 2008âs Sicilien (number 2), and 2011âs Pasión (number 4). In 2019, he released the album Caruso 1873, which was a tribute to Neapolitan tenor Enrico Caruso. He followed that with Le Chanteur (2020), Al Capone (2022), and Seigneur (2024).
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- Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Act IV: Nuit d'hymnénée! featuring Plácido Domingo
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2: "Dell'elisir mirabile" featuring Roberto Alagna
- La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici featuring Roberto Alagna
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2: "Prendi; prendi, per me sei libero" featuring Roberto Alagna
- Roméo et Juliette - Highlights: De grâce, demeurez!...Ange adorable (Roméo/Juliette) featuring Michel Plasson
- La Navarraise, Act 1: "à bien-aimée! Pourquoi n'es-tu pas là ?" (Araquil)
- Verdi: Il Trovatore, Act III - Ah sì ben mio featuring Claudio Abbado
- West Side Story: Only you, you're the only thing I'll see forever....Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight (Maria, Tony)
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Questo mar rosso" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Messa di Gloria, Op. posth.: III. Credo. Et incarnatus est by Roberto Alagna
- La Belle Hélène, Act 1 Scene 7: Ronde, "Au mont Ida, trois déesses" (Pâris)
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act II: Toreador's Song. Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre featuring Claudio Abbado
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "O soave fanciulla" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- D. Alagna: Deliverance featuring Roberto Alagna
- Verdi: Jérusalem, Act II - L'emir auprès de lui m'appelle featuring Claudio Abbado
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 2 - "Quando men vo" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 1: "Ardir! Ha forse il cielo mandato" featuring Roberto Alagna
- Verdi: Jérusalem, Act II - Je veux encore entendre ta voix featuring Claudio Abbado
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 1: "Caro elisir! sei mio!" featuring Roberto Alagna
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 1: "Tran tran tran tran...In guerra ed in amor" featuring Roberto Alagna
- Puccini: La Bohème / Act 3 - "Marcello. Finalmente!" featuring Simon Keenlyside
- Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 1: "Adina credimi" featuring Roberto Alagna
- Verdi: La forza del destino, Act III - La vita è inferno featuring Claudio Abbado
