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Roberto Alagna Reviews

Tosca

Les Chorégies d'Orange

Roberto Alagna déploie toute la richesse de sa voix de velours
30 Jul 10 / Anaclase
Le grand frisson joue les arlésiens
30 Jul 10 / ResMusica
Un chef transcendant
23 Jul 10 / Concertclassic.com
Une Tosca respectée, mais aux pieds d’Alagna
17 Jul 10 / ConcertoNet (French)
"Tosca" dans ses finesses orchestrales
17 Jul 10 / Le Monde

Manon

Vienna State Opera

Mit der Netrebko wird Oper sinnlich
21 May 10 / oe24
Leidenschaftliche Manon
21 May 10 / Oper in Wien
Eindimensional, aber makellos
20 May 10 / Wiener Zeitung

Carmen

Metropolitan Opera

Une Carmen irrésistible
7 Feb 10 / Qobuz
Falling in love with Carmen
24 Jan 10 / The Opera Critic
Live Telecast from The Metropolitan Opera
20 Jan 10 / Musical Criticism
Met’s ‘Carmen,’ addictive and deadly
19 Jan 10 / CNY Café Momus
A compelling new Carmen
17 Jan 10 / The Opera Critic
After 24 years, the Met finally has a great ‘Carmen’ again
11 Jan 10 / New York Magazine
Everyone in the cast is impressive
11 Jan 10 / Classical Source
As Carmen, Elina Garanca has the looks and the voice to fully justify her casting
6 Jan 10 / The Stage
Shared passion is so lacking here
6 Jan 10 / Theater Mania
Take that, Franco Zeffirelli
5 Jan 10 / Financial Times
'Carmen,' electrified
5 Jan 10 / Wall Street Journal
Lacks 'Carmen' sense
5 Jan 10 / New York Post
Met’s gala ‘Carmen’ stars Franco’s thugs, Latvian diva
4 Jan 10 / Bloomberg
Met stages dark, powerful new 'Carmen'
2 Jan 10 / San Francisco Chronicle
That daring gypsy strikes again, and anew
2 Jan 10 / New York Times

Carmen

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Mamma Mia auf Spanisch?
6 Apr 10 / klassik.com

Lucia di Lammermoor

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Die Bürde der Einspringerin
23 Mar 10 / klassik.com
Roberto Alagna Reviews & Articles

ROBERTO ALAGNA

Born in France of Sicilian parents, Roberto Alagna started his career singing cabaret in Paris, but has since gone on to become one of the leading tenors of the day. Married to Angela Gheorghiu, together they have formed the 'dream team' of opera.
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Roberto Alagna Articles

Alagna: "J’apprends la vie grâce à mes personnages"

Le ténor franco-sicilien Roberto Alagna arrive à Bruxelles en Roméo. Nathalie Manfrino sera sa Juliette.
27 May 2010 / La Libre

Les grandes voix changent de répertoire

La soprano Renée Fleming se met au rock, le chanteur pop Sting au classique, le ténor Alagna à la chanson. C'est la vogue du «crossover».
20 Apr 2010 / Le Figaro

Benoît Jacquot, Werther dans la demi-teinte

Après la Tosca filmée en 2001 avec Alagna et Gheorghiu, le cinéaste Benoît Jacquot rêvait de mettre en scène un ouvrage à l’Opéra de Paris. C’est ce Werther de Massenet, réalisé en 2004 pour Covent Garden
14 Jan 2010 / Altamusica

Roberto Alagna est de retour

Trois nouveaux enregistrements du ténor français. Un retour après sa séparation avec la soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
4 Jan 2010 / La Libre

Angela Gheorghiu interview

The controversial opera singer on her split from fellow star Roberto Alagna and her return to London to sing at the Royal Festival Hall and Covent Garden.
4 Nov 2009 / Telegraph

Soprano Gheorghiu files for divorce from Alagna

Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna are ending their marriage on a low note.
14 Oct 2009 / San Francisco Chronicle

Portrait of the artist: Roberto Alagna, tenor

'I have to take care of my voice. For me, it is like a daughter or a wife. I have to be gentle with her'
13 Oct 2009 / Guardian Unlimited

Opera's Jordan and Peter hit the rocks

The relationship of tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Angela Gheorghiu, opera's 'golden couple', is falling apart in a very public fashion.
13 Oct 2009 / Telegraph

Roberto Alagna et Angela Gheorghiu se séparent

Ils formaient le couple mythique de l'opéra. Après 13 ans de mariage célébré en grande pompe sur la scène du Met par le maire de New York Giuliani, les Taylor-Burton de l'opéra se séparent.
9 Oct 2009 / Le Figaro

Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca Talk to WOS

To sit in a small room with Roberto Alagna and Elina Garanca is to be engulfed by operatic glamour.
6 Oct 2009 / What's on Stage

Roberto Alagna: 'Opera was my secret love'

His life story is as colourful and tear-jerking as any of the roles he's sung. So will the heart-throb tenor ever find serenity?
2 Oct 2009 / Independent

Alagna on returning to The Royal Opera for a revival of Carmen

'I like to have real collaboration, so that we are reacting to each other, then it can be different every night.'
30 Sep 2009 / Musical Criticism

Roberto Alagna relève un double défi

Samedi soir, aux Chorégies d'Orange, le célèbre ténor s'apprête à chanter deux rôles successivement. Une performance rare à laquelle Pavarotti avait renoncé.
2 Aug 2009 / Le Figaro

En répétition à Versailles avec Roberto Alagna

Le grand ténor français a suspendu la tournée autour de son dernier disque de chansons siciliennes (Deutsche Grammophon) pour retrouver les airs d'opéra français qui ont marqué ses débuts.
10 Jul 2009 / Le Monde $

I don’t think I’ll go back to La Scala

Robert Alagna, the tenor who famously stormed off stage in Milan in 2007, is coming to Covent Garden.
10 Apr 2009 / Telegraph
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Future plans for Roberto Alagna
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Massenet: La Navarraise
Opera Orchestra of New York
25 Oct 2010
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Opera Orchestra of New York
25 Oct 2010
Bizet: Carmen
Metropolitan Opera
4 Nov 2010 to 13 Jan 2011
Verdi: Don Carlo
Metropolitan Opera
22 Nov to 18 Dec 2010
Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Opéra national de Paris
31 Jan to 21 Feb 2011
Verdi: Aida
The Royal Opera
11 Mar to 15 Apr 2011
Gounod: Faust
Vienna State Opera
16 to 26 Apr 2011
Massenet: Manon
Vienna State Opera
17 to 28 May 2011
Massenet: Le Cid
Opéra de Marseille
17 to 26 Jun 2011
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