Video duration: 216 seconds
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Roberto Alagna sings "La Marseilaise", France hymn, music arranged by Berlioz.
Not the best song (especially the lyrics, OMG)Alagna's engagement is really good I think, his singing, if not perfect, is really convincing.
Video duration: 51 seconds
Global video hits: 125027
Alagna getting booed at La Scala. He waved his fist and walked off the stage. Replacement tenor Antonello Palombi was pushed into the stage wearing jeans and shirt!!
Video duration: 396 seconds
Global video hits: 105030
Roberto Alagna & Bryn Terfel sing the beautiful duet "Au fond du temple saint" from Bizet's "Les Pêcheurs de perles"... (Met 1996)
Beautiful singinf... and visually funny (big Terfel vs little Alagna)
Video duration: 578 seconds
Global video hits: 28391
Great final duet perfrmed by Béatrice Uria-Monzon and Roberto Alagna, in Bizet's "Carmen", performed at the Chorégies d'Orange in 2004.
Conductor : Myung-Whun Chung / Stage director : Jerome Savary.
Alagna is once again very inspired in his singing. Listen particularly to the line "... eh bien s'il le faut pour te plaire, je resterai bandit, tout ce que tu voudras..." : just WONDERFUL!
Video duration: 324 seconds
Global video hits: 71973
Roberto Alagna is just wonderful as Rodolfo in this production of Puccini's "La Bohême", opposite Leontina Vaduva as Mimi.
Conductor : James Conlon / Stage director : Jonathan Miller
Recorded in December 1995 - Paris, Opera Bastille
Video duration: 616 seconds
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Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca, Roberto Alagna as Mario and Ruggero Raimondi as Scarpia in the strongest scene of the second act where the torture takes place in Puccini's opera 'Tosca'. Conducted by Antonio Pappano.
(Film directed by Benoît Jacquot)
Video duration: 659 seconds
Global video hits: 28918
Angela Gheorghiu as Mimì and Roberto Alagna as Rodolfo sing "Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire" in the final scene of Puccini's opera 'La Bohème', the connection between them is amazing, a really moving and charming performance!
With Annamaria Dell'Oste as Musetta and Franck Ferrari as Marcello.
(Orange, August 2, 2005)
Video duration: 112 seconds
Global video hits: 125652
Roberto Alagna recording "La Donna è mobile" from Verdi's Rigoletto, in 1994.
One of the best Duca of Mantova I've ever heard (probably not in this video... he was much better on stage at Orange in 1995 !). Nevertheles, enjoy... His spelling is wonderfl either in english or french.
Video duration: 577 seconds
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Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna sing the beautiful love duet from the first act of Puccini's 'Tosca' in a lovely performance where they show what love in an opera is all about. Conducted by Antonio Pappano.
(Film directed by Benoît Jacquot)
Video duration: 133 seconds
Global video hits: 37053
Roberto Alagna sings the aria "Recondita armonia" as a lovely Mario in Puccini's opera 'Tosca', conducted by Antonio Pappano. Angela Gheorghiu can be briefly seen as Floria Tosca.
(Film directed by Benoît Jacquot)
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