ROBERTO ALAGNA
Articles Index
The articles and interviews are in English unless otherwise indicated and are listed in chronological
order by date of publication. The most recently added articles are marked with * Advice on and links
to online translators here.
1995 - 1998
Alagna, La Voix Domptée (Interview in French, Le Soir, 8 October 1995)
Backstage with Robert Alagna (OperaNet, 1996)
They're young. They're in love... (Time Magazine, 29 April 1996)
How We Met (The Independent, 26 May 1996)
Interview with Alagna: L'elisir d'amore (PBS, 1998)
Interview: The Great Tenor Pretenders (The Independent, 3 July 1998)
«La ópera tiene que salir del teatro» (Interview in Spanish, El Mundo, 31 July 1998
1999 - 2001
Soap Opera (Interview/article People Magazine, 21 June 1999)
The Singing World's Golden Couple? (La Scena Musicale, 16 February 2000)
Alagna & Gheorghiu - Together, onstage and off (American Record Guide, March 2000)
«Los directores se olvidan de que el cantante tiene un alma que quiere volar» (in Spanish, ABC Cultural, 29 July 2000)
Entretien avec Roberto Alagna (in French, Radio France, 8 December 2000)
Cinq questions à Roberto Alagna (Interview in French, Le Monde de la Musique, 2001)
2002
La passion Alagna (Interview in French, HorsPress.com, January 2002)
Un «pagliaccio» alla siciliana (in Italian, L'Arena, 21 February 2002)
Gheorghiu, Alagna Dynamic Opera Duo (Associated Press, 10 April 2002)
Great Performances Interview (PBS, May 2002)
The ultimate superstar package (The Telegraph, 7 May 2002)
The odd couple (Article and interview, The Sunday Times, 2 June 2002)
Star Crossed Lovers (The Guardian, 7 June 2002)
La jeune garde des ténors bouscule les stéréotypes (In French, Le Monde, 27 June 2002)
Alagna and Gheorghiu Reach New Audiences on Screen (Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2002)
Roberto Alagna, l'un des ténors les plus demandés (In French, Radio Liban, 17 July 2002)
Flamboyant opera couple keep controversy flaring (Boston Herald, 30 August 2002)
A Tale Of Two Otellos (Interview, Entertainment Today, 17 January 2002)
2003
Roberto Alagna, un tenor en su tiempo (Interview in Spanish, El Vocero, 1 February 2003
Mañana canta Alagna, El Vocero, 4 February 2003
Alagna da lo mejor de sí, El Nuevo Dia, 4 February 2003
Roberto Alagna afina para su encuentro con el público boricua, El Vocero, 3 February 2003
Sweetness and bite (London Evening Standard, 3 July 2003)
Roberto Alagna: «Je suis contre l'étiquetage» (in French, Le Figaro, 21 October 2003)
2004
Con Puerto Rico en el alma, El Nuevo Dia, 18 January 2004
Magistral Alagna con Puerto Rico en el corazón, El Vocero, 17 January 2004
Roberto Alagna: amplía las fronteras de sus pasiones, El Vocero, 2 February 2004
De gala con Alagna y compañía, El Nuevo Dia, 6 February 2004
Alagna: un "Cyrano" moderno, El Nuevo Dia, 5 February 2004
'Life is dangerous. I like danger. I am crazy', The Observer, 6 June 2004
Bohème, fulcro del nostro amore, (in Italian. La Stampa, 12 October 2004)
2005
Roberto Alagna: superbe Cyrano, (in French) La Libre Belgique, 26 March 2005
Das Interview: Roberto Alagna, (in German) Das Opernglas, April 2005
Articles & Interviews - Werther, Turin, June 2005 (in Italian)
Roberto Alagna «Sono un Werther che si trasforma», Sistema Musica, June/July 2005
David e Frédérico Alagna: «Charlotte è la vera vittima», Sistema Musica, June/July 2005
Alagna, attacco a Muti «Ha distrutto la Scala», La Stampa, 10 June 2005
Alagna attacca Muti "Oscura i cantanti", La Repubblica, 10 June 2005
Alagna, una famiglia all´Opera, La Repubblica, 12 June 2005
L'opéra par Alagna, Midi Libre, 28 July 2005
Gheorgiu et Alagna réunis, Le Figaro, 30 July 2005
Articles & Interviews - Valencia, October 2005 (in Spanish)
«La acústica del Palau es limpia y brillante» Las Provincias, 7 October 2005
«La acústica del Palau de les Arts es como la de las salas japonesas», Levante, 7 October 2005
Articles & Interviews - October/November 2005 (in French)
«L'important, c'est de toucher le coeur des gens» Le Figaro 23 November 2005
Il tenore Roberto Alagna figlio di immigrati siciliani, Il Mattino, 13 November 2005
Interview: Roberto Alagna, Le Figaro Magazine, 12 November 2005
Alagna, de la pizzeria à l'opéra, Le Temps, 28 October 2005
«Chanter Mariano, ça rend heureux», Le Matin, 26 October 2005
Roberto rime avec Mariano, La Tribune de Genève, 26 October 2005
Roberto Alagna, L'Express, 24 November 2005
2006
Alagna: Sono ammalato, non canto alle Olimpiadi, La Stampa, 12 January 2006 (in Italian)
Roberto Alagna (Questionnaire de Proust), Classica, January 2006 (in French)
«Je suis un vrai mélomane», L'Express, 5 October 2006 (in French)
«Cuando tienes un problema de salud tu filosofía de la vida cambia», ABC, 19 October 2006 (in Spanish)
El tenor francés Alagna dice que Luis Mariano fue un personaje de ópera, EFE, 21 October 2006 (in Spanish)
«Divento Radames, poi vado a Sanremo», Il Giornale, 26 November 2006 (in Italian)
Intervista: Roberto Alagna, La Stampa, 23 November 2006 (in Italian)
Niente acuti per Radames, Il Mattino, 7 December 2006 (in Italian)
«Il mio Radames è come Romeo», Corriere della Sera, 6 December 2006 (in Italian)
Alagna: la Scala non mi merita io e mia moglie ce ne andiamo, Il Giornale, 9 December 2006 (in Italian)
Alagna: "Alla Scala non tornerò più", La Repubblica, 9 December 2006 (in Italian)
Scala, Alagna fischiato abbandona il palcoscenico, La Repubblica, 11 December 2006 (in Italian)
Scala, defezione del tenore Alagna, TGCom/Mediaset, 11 December 2006 (in Italian)
Il grido dal loggione: vergogna, questa è la Scala, Corriere della Sera, 11 December 2006 (in Italian)
"Buuu!" e Radames scappa, La Stampa, 11 December 2005 (in Italian)
I capricci di un giocatore che sogna Sanremo, Corriere della Sera. 11 December 2006 (in Italian)
Booed tenor walks off stage at La Scala, Reuters, 11 December 2006
Alagna: "Un complotto, ma io tornerò", La Repubblica, 12 December 2006 (in Italian)
Zeffirelli: 'Si è comportato come un ragazzino', Il Resto del Carlino, 12 December 2006 (in Italian)
Melodrama at La Scala: Audience boos, tenor walks, Associated Press, December 11, 2006
La Scala secouée par la sortie fracassante de Roberto Alagna, Tageblatt, 12 December 2006 (in French)
La difesa di Radames "Decida il pubblico", La Repubblica, 12 December 2006 (in Italian)
Come on Roberto, take a deep breath and try again, The Telegraph, 12 December 2006
Entretien Roberto Alagna: pourquoi j'ai craqué, Le Monde, 14 December 2006 (in French)
After La Scala Boos, a Tenor Boos Back, The New York Times, 13 December 2006
Scala fiche mal, Libération, 13 December 2006 (in French)
Bravo Alagna! Ban on Booed Star Is Absurd, Bloomberg News, 14 December 2006
Roberto Alagna prêt au procès contre la Scala, Le Figaro, 14 December 2006 (in French)
"Difendo mio marito Alagna chi fischia merita una multa", La Repubblica, 14 December 2006 (in Italian)
Rebel tenor holds own show outside La Scala, Reuters, 15 December 2006
Alagna, ultimo colpo di teatro show d´addio davanti alla Scala, La Repubblica, 15 December 2006 (in Italian)
Da Aida alla Traviata, Corriere della Sera, 19 December 2006 (in Italian)
2007
Opéra, ton univers impitoyable, Le Nouvel Observateur, 11 January 2007 (in French)
Roberto Alagna retrouve sa voix, Radio France Internationale, 20 January 2007 (in French)
La Scala booing 'was like death blow', The Sunday Telegraph, 21 January 2007
Roberto Alagna, si beau en son miroir, Le Temps, 6 February 2007 (in French)
La voie du ténor, L'Express, 15 February 2007 (in French)
"El público siempre tiene razón", Ritmo, February 2007 (in Spanish)
Alagna, dopo il caso «Aida» niente «Traviata» a Roma, Corriere della Sera, 25 February 2007 (in Italian)
"Am fost de o timiditate maladiva", Evenimentul Zilei, 2 March 2007 (in Romanian with English translation)
Da Vienna parte la riscossa di Alagna..., Giornale di Brescia, 5 March 2007 (in Italian)
Alagna star a Vienna: farò causa alla Scala, Corriere della Sera, 5 March 2007 (in Italian)
Gheorghiu: «Il fantasma della Callas? A me non fa paura», Corriere della Sera, 5 April 2007 (in Italian)
Roberto Alagna. El tenor alza la voz, El País, 27 May 2007 (in Spanish)
Marius, "un personnage qui m'a fait rêver", Agence France-Presse, 2 September 2007
"Je voulais incarner Marius à Marseille", La Provence, 28 August 2007
Décès de Luciano Pavarotti: Première réaction de Roberto Alagna, Radio Télévision Luxembourg, 6 September 2007
"Pentito? Macché È la Scala che deve chiedermi scusa", La Stampa, 1 October 2007
Roberto Alagna's Rocky Road to the Top, The New York Sun, 5 October 2007
Backstage Opera: The Met Punches Holes in the 'Cover' System, The New York Times, 20 October 2007
Roberto Alagna: "El abucheo de la Scala me ha hecho popular", El Periódico, 30 November 2007
2008
"Benvenga lo scandalo Alagna se appassiona e fa discutere", La Repubblica (Bologna Edition), 11 January 2008
Interview: Alagna en procès avec la Scala, Le Midi Libre, 29 January 2008
Roberto Alagna estrena opera concierto que reflexiona sobre la pena de muerte, EFE, 7 February 2008
"On a fait de l'opéra une arène de cirque", Le Monde, 15 February 2008
I'm a singer not a warrior: Roberto Alagna's voice must be heard, The Times, 26 April 2008
"Voy a dar todo lo que tengo", Diario de Navarra, 23 May 2008*
Roberto Alagna, insatiable au Théâtre, Valeurs Actuelles, 23 May 2008
2009
Roberto Alagna: «Opera was my secret love», The Independent, 2 October 2009
Roberto Alagna: «Tout me réussit», Le Figaro, 9 October 2009
Portrait of the artist: Roberto Alagna, tenor, The Guardian, 12 October 2009
This page was last updated on: October 13, 2009
