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Tenor’s Brickbats Turn To BouquetsNEW YORK On a day’s notice and with no rehearsal, the opera singer Roberto Alagna jumped in for an ailing tenor to perform Aïda, ten months after he stormed off an Italian stage when he was booed in the same role. The walkout at La Scala in Milan last December triggered a worldwide uproar. On Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Opera, Alagna, 44, got a standing ovation. “Tonight, I have finally put away the ghosts of Milan that have haunted me,” he said during a midnight interview in his dressing room. Alagna’s warm, at times incandescent, voice clearly gave the 3,000 spectators an adrenalin rush. Many seemed to be holding their breath as the tenor approached the high note at the end of Radames’ first aria, a high B-flat which he hit dead on. On that note at La Scala, a somewhat strained one, he heard boos and hisses from a few spectators in a country where opera at times is treated like a blood sport. He walked off the stage, and the threatre brought in a replacement, who sang in jeans. Alagna later explained: “I’m a Sicilian, I’m a bit hot-blooded.” Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationGunmen Fire on Musharraf’s Plane...Pikin Saron Journal: A Proving Ground for Marines and Dutch Intentions... Obama aide Samantha Power quits over Hillary ’monster’ gibe... Russia tightens grip on disputed islands... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Tenor’s Brickbats Turn To Bouquets |
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