My Life Is An Opera: Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna (tenor), with Aleksandra Kurzak
London Orchestra, Yvan Cassar
loud, no-holds-barred singing that thrives on passion at any cost...Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba sounds strained, but rare French arias by Gounod and Reyer come across vividly and he makes...
My Life Is An Opera: Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna (tenor), with Aleksandra Kurzak
London Orchestra, Yvan Cassar
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loud, no-holds-barred singing that thrives on passion at any cost...Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba sounds strained, but rare French arias by Gounod and Reyer come across vividly and he makes...
About
Roberto Alagna is THE most well known French tenor worldwide, with 30 years of career on stage, and 60 opera roles in his repertoire.
My Life Is An Opera: 15 arias and duos reflect the significant moments in Alagna’s life and career.
This new album, recorded last September in London, includes real opera hits like Che faro senza Euridice (ORPHEE ET EURIDYCE, Gluck) [12], Donna non vidi mai… (MANON LESCAUT, Giacomo Puccini) [2], Vesti la Giubba (I PAGLIACCI, Ruggero Leoncavallo) and La Danza (Gioacchino Rossini) [6].
Opera has never been more present in his life, with 4 new roles in which he will make his debut in 2015-2016.
In the next months and year Roberto Alagna will be performing on the main opera stages in New York, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Bilbao, Vienna.
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Contents and tracklist
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor), Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor), Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- London Orchestra
- Yvan Cassar
- Recorded: 2014
- Recording Venue: London
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Awards and reviews
21st February 2015
loud, no-holds-barred singing that thrives on passion at any cost...Goldmark’s Die Königin von Saba sounds strained, but rare French arias by Gounod and Reyer come across vividly and he makes an intense Canio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
1st March 2015
Alagna is not one for great subtlety, but when he sings with clearly focused, red-blooded tone, direct emotion and vivid enunciation, he can hit straight at the heart of the operatic matter. The richly expressive accounts of Des Grieux’s arias from Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” which open the programme demonstrate this forcefully.
